Parenting in a Pandemic
How COVID-19 is affecting kids and families
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Moises Saman / Magnum Mothers’ Careers Are at Extraordinary Risk Right Now
The conditions of teleworking combined with increased child-care demands are a perfect storm for bias against working mothers.
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IvanC7 / Shutterstock / The Atlantic How Boomer Parenting Fueled Millennial Burnout
Anne Helen Petersen, the author of the new book Can’t Even, traces some of a generation’s malaise back to its upbringing.
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RyanJLane / Getty Grandparents Could Ease the Burden of Homeschooling
It’s a win-win: Elders get a way to combat loneliness, teachers and parents get help they desperately need, and children get another grown-up to guide them through remote learning.
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Maja Hitij / Getty I Run a Tutoring Company. I Get Dozens of Calls a Day About Learning Pods.
This is what the scramble to teach from home looks like.
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David Ramos / Getty There Are Other Options Besides Reopening Schools
Alternative solutions to parents’ dilemma just require more time, money, and imagination.
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Horst Friedrichs / Anzenberger / Redux Will Kids Follow the New Pandemic Rules at School?
Students are generally capable of doing what public-health experts ask, but not all of them, not everything, and not all the time.
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Elijah Nouvelage / Getty What My Kids Learned When They Weren’t in School
This time since school was canceled—since life was canceled—has given them an education they couldn’t have gotten any other way.
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Moises Saman / Magnum This Isn’t Sustainable for Working Parents
The pandemic has already taken a toll on the careers of those with young children—particularly mothers.
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Getty / CSA / The Atlantic Don’t Build Roads, Open Schools
The idea of child care as women’s (unpaid) work holds the issue back in political discussions.
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Olivia Arthur / Magnum What Happens When Kids Don’t See Their Peers for Months
Socializing is a crucial part of growing up. The pandemic brought it to a halt.
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Getty / The Atlantic What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible
More and more, the goals of being a dedicated employee and being a dedicated parent seem to be in conflict.
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Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Virtual Parental Visitation Could Have Unintended Consequences for Abuse Survivors
Court-mandated video chats with their kids could give abusers intimate glimpses into their victims’ homes.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Sexual-Health Supply Chain Is Broken
Condoms, birth control, and other items are harder to get in the developing world because of the pandemic. That is putting lives at risk.
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Shutterstock / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The … The Coming Setback for Women in the Workplace
Countries across Europe are setting out schedules for reopening businesses, yet schools remain closed. How will that work?
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Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum Being a Parent Has Made My Pandemic Life Simpler, If You Can Believe It
Hear me out.
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Walter Sanders / The LIFE Picture Collection via … I Can’t Stop Thinking About Patient One
Italy shows us that controlling the pandemic will require reshaping family life in much of the world.
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The Atlantic Daily: Parenting During a Pandemic
“The good news is that the parent you are today is not the parent you have to be tomorrow.”
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Brian Shumway / Redux How Are Parents Supposed to Deal With Joint Custody Right Now?
The rules of the pandemic require every person to stay put in one household. The laws of joint custody require the exact opposite.
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Jonas Bendiksen / Magnum It’s Okay to Be a Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic
When something outside your control changes your life, it’s what you do with what you can control that really shapes your children.
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Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: What’s Your Advice to Parents Whose Kids Are Stuck at Home During the Coronavirus Lockdowns?
I’m making sure that our kids exercise, have a schedule, spend time outside each day, and try to maintain as normal a life as possible. What more can I do?
