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Poll: virus and economy aside, how are you liking the distancing/quarantining lifestyle?
  • Better than normal life
    31.3%
  • Same as normal life
    23.5%
  • Worse than normal life
    44.2%
  • Not yet in distancng mode
    1%
1,113 votesFinal results
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Parenting three small children w/o outside help is... extremely taxing. I’m gaining weight, losing sleep, losing mental sharpeness/clarity. And there is zero time to attend to anything else. This is not a parenting style I ever would have forseen as necessary.
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hard same. we (3 kids - ages 4 and under) have been without our usual 25hrs/week childcare for a month and have no idea how this can go on for more months. time just turned into a painful everlasting present - the timeline of the damned.
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Exactly the same here. 4 y.o., 3 y.o., 2 m.o. No daycare, no babysitter, no cousins, no time at grandma’s house. The baby keeps us up at night, the toddlers are non-stop during the day. We’re managing, but it’s relentless.
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I don't blame you! I knew it would be hard, I've been parenting burnt out before, sometimes I feel guilty for buying more childcare than strictly necessary and have tried to earn more to accommodate that.
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