CHANGE AND ADAPTING TO IT.-GRANDPARENTING COVID !9 STYLE.

Much as no one would wish the Coronavirus situation on anyone, it does give us time to think.

While parents might be worrying about their kids missing out on school, I think we all need to look at the bigger picture, relax more, and look at what we can do, rather than what we are missing out on and can’t do. Formal education is one thing, but it is not the only time we learn.  What we learn when our situations change can be very important in itself. We took three months out of school when our children were young, our youngest daughter came back reading and writing, something she had struggled with at school, but her experiences away had a major impact. Something that happens to take us away from our normal situation, can be a real benefit.

Being self-isolated we need to look at how we relate to others, especially grandkids who like us have never experienced this before, and are really feeling it. So, what do we do? How do we keep up the links?

How do we change and adapt to a changing situation? I guess it depends on our response as to how well we cope, which is exactly why Ben coped in Between Two Homes, when his parents separated

My granddaughter who started by posting pictures of me, she had taken when we skyped, (see a couple of blogs ago) , was quite keen when I suggested we could learn to cook together over skype .I hadn’t really thought it all out clearly ,so it was a process of learning, and adapting  Not only did we look at what we could learn , we also had to re think about how we would deal with cooking over skype .Quite a challenge, in many ways, as I could see what she was doing but couldn’t be directly involved. Sometimes she would get on, and want to cook then realise some of the ingredients were not in their cupboard, so bit by bit we worked out what to do or what we could use. She learned to plan, get ready -though I am not sure how well she cleaned up at the end. That part I didn’t miss.

In Between Two Homes, Ben is suddenly thrown in to a new situation where he has to learn to organise himself, living between two houses. With the support and both parents working together, he succeeds and what he learns is that you can adapt to change and grow. Although I would prefer to be in the room with Clare, right now, this is not an option, so making a deliberate choice to work with what we have got works well. Not sure what she will want to cook next -but I am looking forward to it. I am not  sure either who learns most, me or Clare but we have fun.

Is this the right sized spoon, Grady?

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