Peppa Pig and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood might already be your kids’ quarantine favorites, but sometimes they might need an extra education boost. These YouTube channels offer free online lessons in music, dance, math, reading, and more for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. For this educational coronavirus resource list, we focused on channels with full-length, focused classes (at least 15 minutes, with most clocking […]
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Fort Worth: Child Care Subsidies Available For Essential Workers
April 7, 2020 The families of essential workers with incomes at or below 150% of area median income may apply for 100% subsidies of child care fees charged by licensed providers. These subsidies are available now and will remain available for the next three months. For this purpose, essential workers are defined in Gov. Greg […]
Anxious parents refrain from day care
Daycares, at a premium in Kansas in non-pandemic times, are essential businesses that can stay open while the state is under a stay-at-home order. Overall, they’re seeing a drop in the number of kids who show up but want to be there for health care workers. “The nurses. The doctors. Everybody on the frontlines,” Phillipsburg […]
Letter: Child care is critical now and after the pandemic
Regarding “Fear, isolation and financial stress. How do we cope with it all?” (March 30): As a pharmacy technician, I’m on the front lines of this pandemic. I’m stressed that I could be exposed and that I could bring the virus into my house, putting my husband and three children in danger. On top of […]
Americans with kids say this is the most difficult age to parent
In the midst of COVID-19 and social distancing, parenting challenges have never been more apparent. Forget the terrible twos and prepare for the hateful eights ‒ parents have named age 8 as the most difficult age to parent, according to new research. Eight being the troublesome year likely comes as a surprise to many parents, […]
Social Media Survey Reveals Concerns About Childcare, Lost Wages and Finding Sanitizer
Melissa Bondy, PhD Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Stanford University MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Faculty researchers in Stanford’s Department of Epidemiology & Population Health and collaborators from Baylor College of Medicine and Stanford’s Department of Dermatology developed an online survey aimed at rapidly assessing public concerns about the COVID-19 […]
Pandemic child care centers adjusting to new routines, fewer kids
MANSFIELD – At pandemic child care centers in Richland County, staff and children are adjusting to a new normal for the next month, and perhaps longer. Children get their temperatures checked before they enter a building, as do employees; groups are being reshuffled so kids whose parents share the same employer are together, and strict ratios require that only one […]
Kids Won’t Stop Fighting? A Bouncer, a Therapist and a Referee Have Advice.
What do a bar bouncer, kindergarten teacher, hockey referee, marriage and family therapist, and police officer all have in common? They know how to break up a fight. I work from home, like countless professionals around the world. Apparently even Jimmy Fallon works from home now. Lately, when I scroll through my Twitter feed, I […]
Women are disproportionately burdened by COVID-19, Lt. Governor Hochul says
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul is keeping a close eye on all the women and mothers out there during this COVID-19 crisis. “They’re taking it on the chin,” Hochul told 7 Eyewitness News Anchor Ashley Rowe. Federal data validate her concerns. According to the US Census website, show 76% of health care […]
Governors to decide how to spend money to fund childcare during pandemic
WASHINGTON- The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief law includes millions in federal funding to keep childcare facilities open for essential workers. Now it’s up to each state’s governor to determine how to spend the money. Texas Republican Sen John Cornyn says many of our frontline workers cannot battle this pandemic without daycare for their children. “It […]