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How To Handle The Stress of Parenting In Quarantine

by Hal Runkel and Julie Baumgardner

Originally published by First Things First on April 8, 2020

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Parenting is hard enough when you’re in a routine, let alone when everything is thrown out of whack and everyone is stuck in the same house together until who knows when! 

Join FTF President & CEO Julie Baumgardner and author & parenting expert Hal Runkel to hear some words of advice for any parent wishing they could be “Scream-Free.” Their conversation includes topics like…

  • Why you can’t be responsible for your child’s feelings,

  • The importance of naming emotions and giving yourself permission to feel them,

  • What to do when you feel like you can’t take any more,

  • What your kids need from you right now,

  • And more!

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