{"id":7291,"date":"2020-04-30T15:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avenor.ro\/focusing-on-the-good-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-30T15:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:32:21","slug":"focusing-on-the-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avenor.ro\/en\/blog\/focusing-on-the-good-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Parenting Advice (part of the \u2018School from Home\u2019\ninitiative coordinated by the PSHE Department)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought long and hard about what would be an appropriate topic to write about in the \u2018Parenting Advice\u2019 section of the Weekly Bulletin. After tapping into my personal self-isolation experience and talking with parents from the Avenor community, it became clear to me that, in the avalanche of pandemic-related aspects that range outside of our area of control, there is one aspect of paramount importance that we can control: how we relate to all of it and assign meaning to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not pleading for an overly motivational\nspeech, because I am aware that this type of approach does, indeed, put\npressure on all of us to \u2018be alright\u2019, \u2018think positive\u2019 and \u2018smile and carry\non\u2019. What I am pleading for is authenticity and resilience, because they will\nbe our allies in going through this period of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the pandemic is over, we won\u2019t go back to\nhow things were before, because we will not be the same people. Every day of\nself-isolation and restriction teaches you, as parents, things that you did not\nknow you knew before all of this. The remark of one mum comes to my mind. She\nsaid that it\u2019s quite funny that before the pandemic had started she considered\nherself extremely busy and now in full self-isolation and juggling roles,\n(personal, professional and family), she can\u2019t help but laugh at her previous\nstatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, one thing that you as parents are learning\nevery day, (in a boot-camp style, I would say), is that you do juggle jobs,\nparenting, schooling, household chores, your couple relationship, and your\npersonal arrangements. But this comes with a huge effort, moments of meltdown\nand feelings of helplessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Where\u2019s the good in all this?\u2019 you might ask.\nFocusing on the good in this case can simply mean admitting to yourself and\nyour loved ones that this is not an ordinary situation and therefore the\nsolutions are nothing close to ordinary. So, putting in more effort is natural.\nMeltdowns are inherent and help you release some pressure from all of the\neffort made. Helplessness, although uncomfortable as it may be, let\u2019s you know\nthat you are human, and this human who is used to achieving has the right to\nfeel helpless when, suddenly, achieving stops being the norm and becomes\nsomething \u2018nice to have\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought of some specific suggestions that might\nhelp you, parents, to focus on the good:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp; &nbsp; Take a moment each day, (it can be\nwhen you\u2019re in the shower or right before you go to bed), and acknowledge at\nleast one small victory of the day. It can range from \u2018my daughter had only 3\ntantrums instead of 5\u2019 to \u2018I managed to do some personal grooming without\nhaving my kids glued to the bathroom door\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &nbsp; &nbsp; Look outside and let it heal you\na bit. Irrespective of whether you live in a flat or a house, make a habit out\nof \u2018relating to nature outside\u2019. This might mean opening the window and\nenjoying the spring breeze on your face, taking video conferences in the garden\nor having a short stretching session outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Keep your healthy\nroutines &#8211; movement, eating and sleeping. There might be days when you just do\nnot feel like doing any sport and all you can think of is a plate full of\npancakes, but try to make these days exceptions, not rules. Maintaining your\nroutines will help you explain the new routines to your children as well and\nwill boost your energy levels. Oh, and remember one thing: if you skip sleep\nconstantly, everything you do will seem harder than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a firm believer in the motto \u2018less is more\u2019, I\nwill resume to only three suggestions that will hopefully feel real enough for\nyou to put into practice, if you are not doing this already. Until next time,\nstay safe and stay sane. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ioana Botez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSHE Curriculum Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parenting Advice (part of the \u2018School from Home\u2019 initiative coordinated by the PSHE Department) I thought long and hard about what would be an appropriate topic to write about in the \u2018Parenting Advice\u2019 section of the Weekly Bulletin. 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