Parenting in a time of Covid-19

What the hell are we doing? What the hell are we supposed to be doing? We’re all in hiding while trying to pretend to our kids that life if mostly “normal”.

At times I find myself terrified of the possibility of having to take my kid to a doctor. I’m doing everything I can to keep them healthy so we don’t have to use up any medical person’s time that needs to be spent on someone who really needs it.

Meanwhile the physical distance restrictions began just after we were starting to connect with the local support group for LGBTQIA kids and their parents. My kid was just starting to get comfortable around these folks and now we’ll have to do that all over again when this eventually passes.

This was going to be the year we really started to talk to our kid about what intersex means and what it could mean for him in the future. It’s a small worry compared to those that are losing loved ones but given he’s now had school completely disrupted and is already freaked out by the Coronavirus I just don’t think now is the time to be putting anymore stress his way.

Sorry, this wasn’t meant to be a rant for my first post back after too many months away but this is where we are, this is how I’m feeling. What the hell are we doing?

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