We Can Do Hard Things
(Even when it feels like we’re damned if we do, and damned if we don’t)
Here in Seattle, the air quality index is the third worst in the world, behind only our neighbors to the north in Vancouver, B.C. and our neighbors to the south in Portland, Oregon, where the AQI broke records this weekend.
This week, our school district held its first full week of remote learning, nearing six hours a day of online instruction for many children, my son included.
And the coronavirus pandemic still rages.
It is a lot.
Lately, it feels like my motto has been: “Damned if I do, damned if I don’t.”
I can’t shoo my screen-glazed children outdoors to play because there are carcinogenic toxins in the air.
I can’t take them to a movie theater, because they are still closed due to COVID…
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Emily Cherkin, M.A.Ed., is a tech-intentional parent, educator, speaker, writer, and founder of The Screentime Consultant, LLC, and her work has been featured in local and national news, including in The New York Times and on The Today Show and Good Morning, America.
