108: How to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic

In this episode we discuss how to cope with parents’ and children’s fear and anxiety related to the Coronavirus pandemic, how to keep the children busy so you can get some work done (without resorting to hours of screen time), and how to use the time that you are focused on them to develop your family relationships as well as their learning, rather than you driving each other nuts. To download a FREE sample routine to help you organize your days, and also join a FREE one-week workshop to give you the tools you need to cope with this situation, please go to yourparentingmojo.com/coronavirus (https://yourparentingmojo.com/coronavirus/) Other episodes mentioned in this show Talk Sex Today (https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/talk-sex-today/) Understanding the AAP’s new screen time guidelines (https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/screen-time/) Raising your child in a digital world (https://yourparentingmojo.com/captivate-podcast/digital-world/) Resources List of video conferencing companies offering free services (https://www.zdnet.com/article/video-conferencing-deals-coronavirus-spurs-offers-from-webex-google-and-others/) Geocaching website (https://www.geocaching.com/play) Nature journaling videos with John Muir Laws (https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnMuirLaws) [accordion] [accordion-item title="Click here to read the full transcript"] Hello, and welcome to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast!  I know that listeners who have been with me for a while know that an episode is going to be different when I dispense with the music at the beginning – I think the last time I did this was six months ago when I announced that I was taking a break from the show.  But have no fear; I’m not going anywhere – I just did it today to indicate that this is not a normal show because these are not normal times.  I’m recording this on March 15 2020, four days after the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, which means it