{"id":20362,"date":"2020-05-05T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/?p=20362"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:38:09","slug":"nursery-for-all-our-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/2020\/05\/05\/nursery-for-all-our-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"NURSERY &#8211; FOR ALL OUR PARENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><u>For all our Parents <\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Look after yourself too!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There is no point pretending that this isn\u2019t a strange and difficult time. And you may feel so busy looking after everyone else that you forget to look after yourself. It\u2019s important that you find time for you when possible, and to look after your own wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, this situation won\u2019t last forever and you might one day look back fondly on this time you spent together as a family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/staying-at-home-with-children\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Parent Club Scotland<\/span><\/a> have some useful online advice on looking after you and your child\u2019s mental health during this time:-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/mental-health-advice-parents-during-coronavirus\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Mental health advice for parents during coronavirus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/mental-health-advice-soon-be-and-new-parents-during-coronavirus\">Mental health advice for soon-to-be and new parents during coronavirus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/supporting-your-childs-mental-health-during-coronavirus\">Supporting your child\u2019s mental health during coronavirus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also find\u00a0advice on the Mind website about\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/information-support\/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing\/\">coronavirus and your wellbeing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeping well<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few simple things you can do to keep yourself and your children as healthy as possible are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep to routines.<\/li>\n<li>Go to bed and get up at the same time as usual.<\/li>\n<li>Eat and drink healthily.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in touch with friends and family (phone and online).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/topics\/health\/coronavirus?age=0\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">ParentClub<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.children1st.org.uk\/help-for-families\/parentline-scotland\/\">Parentline<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>have some good advice.<\/p>\n<p>One Parent Families Scotland has produced information about<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/opfs.org.uk\/get-involved\/news-and-events\/blogs\/activities-for-kids-when-youre-social-distancing\/\">how to keep your children occupied during social distancing.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doing the best you can is what counts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard for everyone to be staying at home the whole time whether you\u2019re working from home or not. Some of you will be trying to continue your children\u2019s education, others will be doing their best just to get by.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents will be looking for<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parentingacrossscotland.org\/info-for-families\/coronavirus\/play-and-learning-at-home\/\">information and resources<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to help with their child\u2019s education at home; others will be just trying to get by.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just remember, maintaining the health and well being of your family is essential, everything else is optional.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are worrying about your children missing out because they are not at nursery or school, you might be tempted to do more than you all can really manage, like trying to make them do learning or school work for so many hours a day. You can help as best you can, but they also need you to give them and yourself a break:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like us, they\u2019ve never experienced anything like this before. Although the idea of being off nursery or school might sound great to them, like you, they\u2019ll find it hard being stuck at home and not seeing their friends.<\/li>\n<li>So, you might see more in the way of meltdowns, tantrums and opposition. This is natural and to be expected.<\/li>\n<li>What your children need right now is to feel comforted and loved, and to know that this time will pass.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019ve got a garden, play outside. Go out for walks but keep your distance. Make meals together, paint pictures, play board games and watch films. Do science experiments together or find<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familydaystriedandtested.com\/free-virtual-tours-of-world-museums-educational-sites-galleries-for-children\/\">online tours of zoos and museums<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and other places. Start a book and read together as a family. Snuggle under blankets and do nothing.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone\u2019s in the same boat. When they get back to nursery or school, the teachers will pick up and start again. Your children won\u2019t lose out in the long run. Do your best to encourage them, but there\u2019s no point in fighting with your children about all this.<\/li>\n<li>Do your best with them and try to keep in mind that, after this time has passed, how your children feel will be more important in the long run than what they missed at nursery or school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screen time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like it or not, we\u2019ll be using our screens more than usual: for fun; for learning; for working; and for keeping in touch with others. We\u2019ll all be on our screens a lot more but try to keep some sort of limit on this if you can.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational and other<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"> programmes<\/span> online and on TV will be good for learning and entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>Promotional videos are good for encouraging children to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mMHVEFWNLMc\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">physical,<\/span> eat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aAmaCeq9v4\">sleep well<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lloki08\/status\/1236494717031874560?s=20\">good personal hygiene.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And more generally, all curling up to a good film or<span style=\"color: #000000\"> favourite programme<\/span> is a great way to have family time and wind down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all our Parents Look after yourself too! There is no point pretending that this isn\u2019t a strange and difficult time. And you may feel so busy looking after everyone else that you forget to look after yourself. It\u2019s important that you find time for you when possible, and to look after your own wellbeing. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/2020\/05\/05\/nursery-for-all-our-parents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NURSERY &#8211; FOR ALL OUR PARENTS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21816,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94001,101],"tags":[132684],"class_list":["post-20362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-learning","category-nursery","tag-parentclub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20363,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20362\/revisions\/20363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}