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15.10.2020 / 22:15

Research shows COVID-19 pandemic bringing some families closer

BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson had planned for their family.The Toronto couple was set to celebrate milestone 50th and 40th birthdays, plus their 10-year anniversary with a family trip to China, Cambodia, Thailand and Taiwan. The vacation was cancelled and the parties downsized significantly.“Celebrations are all about who is there and not where you are… We’ve been so happy spending time here, with family and touring local, touring our country.

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Coronavirus: With children apart from their parents for 1st time since lockdown, what should we expect?

Coping Skills for Kids. Global News’ Laurel Gregory spoke with Halloran about how families can navigate the transition.

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Coronavirus: Tips to send your children back to school in optimal health

Dr. Lisa Medalie, a behavioural sleep medicine specialist, says quality sleep is essential.“Sleep matters more than ever right now because of the relationship between sleep and the immune system.

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‘Tsunami’ of parents interested in homeschooling amid COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta government new school curriculum focused on ‘evidence, numeracy & literacy’: LaGrange Instead, Renner plans to hit the ground running by educating her daughters, ten-year-old Ava and six-year-old Claire, at home. She plans to devote one weekday to her work as a professional organizer and spend the rest of the time teaching her daughters’ Grades 1 and 5 curriculum.

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Socially distant families turn to virtual babysitters for support amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.Elize Shirdel launched HELM Life after five years of connecting parents with babysitters.“When we saw coronavirus, coming we saw what a problem this was going to be for all the families and companies we support, as well as for a lot of us personally. So we came up with this idea of virtual child care of online activities for kids,” Shirdel said.HELM Life connects children with one of 1,500 police-checked caregivers for 20-40 minute sessions, depending on their age.“We’ve got lots of early childhood educators who run some of our sessions for kids, from three, four, five, six.

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Wife becomes dishwasher at nursing home to see husband with Alzheimer’s during COVID-19 pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Her other half, Steve, is living in the memory care unit of a nursing home and has early onset Alzheimer’s, according to First Coast News. No visitors have been allowed in the nursing home, per orders from Florida Gov.

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Kids will follow COVID-19 health measures better if they know why they should: researcher

Vanessa LoBue, the lab director at The Child Study Center at Rutgers University, says prevention may be important, but the way to get children to stick with new habits is to explain why they need to do them.Global News’ Laurel Gregory spoke with LoBue about how parents can do that.I would love to know your advice to parents about describing this virus to their children?We started this research before COVID-19.

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Fathers feeling closer to children thanks to COVID-19 restrictions: research

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Other Canadian fathers are reporting a similar strengthened bond, according to research from the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation.The foundation asked 1,019 Canadian dads in May about the affect COVID-19 restrictions — specifically the directive to stay home — had on their family lives. In the survey, 60 per cent of respondents reported feeling closer to their children, 52 per cent were more aware of their importance as a father and 49 per cent planned to be a more engaged father moving forward.The Men’s Initiative at UBC researched the same topic in virtual focus groups involving 45 fathers of children under the age of 19.

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Canadians ditching summer vacations in response to COVID-19 pandemic, survey finds

globetrottingmama.com and a travel writer for various publications.“I started writing about travel when I was pregnant with my oldest. That was 18 years ago.

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Couple married for 70 years tearfully reunite after coronavirus separation

The coronavirus separated them, but after 70 years of marriage, not even a pandemic could keep them apart.

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Kids have been stuck home for weeks. Here’s how to ease them back into the world

Many Canadian children are beginning to re-enter the world after 10 weeks closer to home than ever before, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether they’re returning to school and the playground or reuniting with extended family and friends, the transition can bring up a lot of emotions. We reached out to three experts to find out how parents can ease this transition.

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COVID-19: Navigating grief and mourning during a global pandemic

Albertan Maae Czan feels as though she’s navigating two alternate universes: the oddly surreal space of COVID-19 restrictions and the devastating fog of losing a child. Czan’s two-year-old daughter Rio had cerebral palsy and died March 13 after coming down with a cold.

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Why some countries are opening schools while others stay closed: I think we’re still operating a bit in the dark’

They live just 1,000 kilometres from the first known case of coronavirus, and yet, for a brief moment on Monday, students at the Canadian International School of Guangzhou forgot about COVID-19.

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Health-care workers stay away from families: ‘I’d rather do that knowing she is safe’

Megan Miller wonders if her daughter Ava will be taller than her the next time they meet. She isn’t accustomed to noticing big growth spurts in her 13 year old but you’re more attuned to that sort of change after spending a long time apart.

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Screen time in COVID-19 crisis: ‘It is about the content and context’

Ashley Tichkowsky’s sons are getting a double dose of screen time during this period of school closures, and she doesn’t feel a single pang of guilt or worry.

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