K, you have Me trying to teach you. I am not the best at teaching but trying my best to make it fun and interesting for you. I think it’s a fantastic time for you and I to spend time together every morning.
We are still only one month since lockdown and I know it feels like we have been doing this for months!
We say to you, use this time to be creative, do what you always wanted to do but never had the time.
We say to you, at least you can facetime your friends
We say to you, thank goodness for social media and the internet.
You bake, you cook for us. You suggest we do fun family things. We appreciate having family time together with life slowing down.
In the last few days, I notice sadness in your eyes in the morning when list to data you come down for breakfast. We ask you if you are both OK and you say yes
You sometimes tell us it’s because you miss your friends.
You do not complain about staying at home. You know it’s to keep yourself and everyone else safe.
You realise that families have lost loved ones and you are grateful that your family is OK.
You know Mum and Dad are worried about the key workers not having ‘PPE’.
We ask you several times a day if you are Ok. We ask you to tell us if you are not.
Why would you not feel sad…your world is so different now. And you probably don’t see an end to it at the moment.
You will be confused, you will be scared, you miss you friends, you miss your life.
It’s OK to feel like this and it is important you are able to show how you feel.
I know no matter how much what you really want I can’t give you .
We are hear for you, to talk to you, to help put a smile on your face when you feel down and to do all we can to make this time fun.
You are not alone in this as so many children all over the world are feeling just like you are at the moment. There are many Mums and Dads feeling guilty about their children missing out on living their lives as they normally do.
It is so rare for a child to be unwell with the coronavirus but I think ‘Children are affected by this virus’, emotionally and other ways, but you both, along with all your friends, will get through this.