Parenting in a Pandemic

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?

• Rachel Donadio
• May 28, 2020

Being a Parent Has Made My Pandemic Life Simpler, If You Can Believe It

Hear me out.

• Tom McTague
• May 4, 2020

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.

• Rachel Donadio
• April 16, 2020

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.”

• Caroline Mimbs Nyce
• April 8, 2020

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.

• Deborah Copaken
• April 8, 2020

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.

• Mary Katharine Ham
• April 8, 2020

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?

• Lori Gottlieb
• April 6, 2020

How the Coronavirus Is Influencing Children’s Play

Play is children’s language, and parents shouldn’t be concerned if the pandemic has been showing up in kids’ games lately.

• Kate Cray
• April 1, 2020

The Child-Care Crisis Is Even Worse for Health-Care Workers

Medical professionals need to be at work more urgently than ever, but their child care has essentially evaporated. Eager (but fragile) networks of volunteers have stepped in to help.

• Ashley Fetters
• March 26, 2020

The Kids Aren’t All Right

COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be a major concern for children’s health, but the youngest among us will still bear the larger burdens of trauma and economic fallout.

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• March 24, 2020

When You're Pregnant During a Pandemic

I’m a war correspondent, but nothing prepared me for navigating the joys and fears of pregnancy under lockdown

• Sophia Jones
• March 21, 2020

COVID-19 Is Upending Parents’ Birth Plans

A global pandemic adds several more layers of logistical and emotional overwhelm to the already overwhelming time of new parenthood.

• Ashley Fetters
• March 19, 2020

The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism

Pandemics affect men and women differently.

• Helen Lewis
• March 19, 2020

How Parents Can Keep Kids Busy (and Learning) in Quarantine

As American schools close, parents are suddenly faced with the challenge of keeping their children occupied at home.

• Ashley Fetters
• March 16, 2020

Closing the Schools Is Not the Only Option

Districts can give parents some flexibility while implementing stronger mitigation measures.

• Erika Christakis and Nicholas A. Christakis
• March 16, 2020

What Could Happen if the Coronavirus Closed Schools for Days, Weeks, or Even Months

We can get a sense of what to expect from Hong Kong, where students have already been out of school for more than a month.

• Ashley Fetters and Timothy McLaughlin
• March 8, 2020