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5 Ed-Tech Tools for Pandemic Parents - DW

By Anna Gay Ask any parent you know: “What’s it like these days?” You’ll likely hear us trying to find the silver lining. “It’s interesting,” some say. “These pandemic babies, they’re different,” say others. Make no mistake about it: parenting is hard. Those of us who had infants or primary-aged children at Peak Pandemic [you know…the cute part of lockdown when all your single kid-free friends were soaking up their backyard sun and baking bread] very likely have PTSD and/or have new prescriptions for Lexapro in our files. As hard as parents have it, though, the kids have it harder.

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