POST COVID-19 SCHOOL RESUMPTION.

To Awesome Parents,

POST COVID-19 SCHOOL RESUMPTION

I can tell it has not been easy with you staying with the children these past months of no school. I can imagine the stress of not just the children disturbing the house, constant yearning for cartoon as against your desire for African Magic, Fashion Police or Zee World; in addition to their seeming insatiable longing for food that is making majority of them bigger than they should have if they were going to school, let alone  the stress of studying and learning with them online. I know that quite a number of us cannot forget the experiences in a haste.

Now here are some pieces of advice as you await anxiously for that day the news will resound that schools have been permitted to re-open:

v  Face masks should be made readily available and the children should learn to wear and remove them correctly. They should already have begun to wear masks now at home. The question WHY should have been adequately addressed. And do not say because you are using a washable face mask, the children can also use that comfortably thereby getting them just one. Remember they are children, so they should have as many as possible.

 

v  Hand sanitizer should always be in their bags and pockets. Begin now to explain WHY and how it is used if you are yet to do so.

 

v  Teach them to wash their hands properly and regularly. Never forget to remember to explain the WHY in the action. Liquid soap should also be provided for them in case they get to a place and it is not available. Do not insist you are going to pay school fees so the school should provide all that; they should but do not rely on them. Let your strategy be a plan B should the school fail.  Your child’s and family’s safety is more important than any thought you may have over the fees you have paid.

 

v  Teach them social distancing. Let them at least be conscious of it and why it should be observed. Teach them to avoid picking their nose and rubbing their eyes with their hands and again, tell them WHY.

 

v  Try and provide the essentials so they do not resort to borrowing academic materials from their mates. Teach them contentment. They should not beg snacks or food from anybody. Again, teach them WHY.

 

v  When school finally resumes, have that pet talk with them every morning as they leave for school. Have it on Monday, Have it on Tuesday. Again on Wednesday through Friday. Do not relent.

 

v  Above all, live what you preach applying all these measures in your homes. Do not assume they will just follow your instructions because you have told them to. When they see you do these things, your job of unending explanations of WHY is made a lot easier. Be that right role model. If you do not have all the answers, common, read them up, ask questions yourself (the right people please) and you will get enlightened.

Keep keeping safe and keep keeping up the faith. God will see us through.

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Warmest regards,
Maryprecious Dike.