Resources for Parents during COVID-19

Anna
Mar 20, 2020
2 min read

Updated: Jan 7, 2021

Links to parenting support, cooking, exercise, meditation, yoga, workshops.

Parenting Support

UC Berkeley's school psychology doctoral students created a website to support parents & educators as they help their kids & students bounce back from stressful or traumatic events related to COVID-19

https://schoolpsychproject.webnode.com/parents/

UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center's guide to supporting your family during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_help_teens_shelter_in_place

Professor Laurie Santos has made her course at Yale The Science of Well-Being available for free on Coursera.org/

Hand in Hand Parenting, one of my favorite local parenting networks, has provided lots of free and low-cost resources and support information for parents during this crisis

https://fyuhhu8v.pages.infusionsoft.net/

Parenting in the age of Coronavirus with Julie Lythcott Haims, Katherine and others

https://vimeo.com/397865257?fbclid=IwAR1i1KXzUEo1T22o1yK4_i6XIvrvjhFtj0MSWy9ROTgqVb1XWDx3w1v_nTU

Dr. Madeline Levine's latest book

Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

https://madelinelevine.com/books/ready-or-not/

Dr. Madeline Levine on How to talk to kids about the pandemic, by age

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/opinion/coronavirus-children.html

The Childmind Institute has put together live Facebook chats, comprehensive resources for parents https://childmind.org/coping-during-covid-19-resources-for-parents/

The New York Times parenting section has a trove of articles related to our current situation and offers expert advice on a wide range of scenarios that we all may find ourselves in

https://parenting.nytimes.com/

Making your home a safe place

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/raising-resilient-children-and-teens/202003/making-your-home-safe-haven?fbclid=IwAR10sXPviBhwMBlol--aZnE2EfbsgfAygIxnLe_a0wBe8ic4b3cj6BeJoyY

For Parents of Teens

How to support teens during quarantine and shelter in place by Lisa Damour, adolescent parenting guru

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/well/family/coronavirus-covid-teenagers-teens-parents-kids-family-advice.html?fbclid=IwAR0BWWqQZVug_D_137vlP8vWkQWAHeaqhRkdgd0u8B5Pd-sdYni4xkMdOH4

How to help teens manage their anxiety about COVID-19

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/well/family/coronavirus-teenagers-anxiety.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

How to help teens shelter in place by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_help_teens_shelter_in_place

Exercise/Meditation!

Visit headspace.com/ny to access a collection of science-backed, evidence-based guided meditations, along with at-home mindful workouts, sleep, and kids content to help address rising stress and anxiety

Free streaming daily classes from my favorite Palo Alto yoga studio

https://yogasource.com/

Down Dog is a yoga app with some other partner apps that do pilates or short workouts that's waiving their subscription fees and going free til April 1st for all, or through July 1st for students and teachers: https://www.downdogapp.com/

YMCA 360- an entire library of online exercise classes

https://ymca360.org/?fbclid=IwAR0mr1wIjJ9VVqkf4Z1bK6cBc9hRAixSA6_paZQt6oOnkGdjZsziRhlSdOI

Free guided meditations from UCLA health

https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/mindful-meditations

Oak Meditation App (Free)

https://www.oakmeditation.com/

Insight Timer 30,000 free guided meditations

https://insighttimer.com/

Free/by donation/ low cost meditation and yoga classes during COVID-19

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iR0zMZQTQ6woGMYHZsT8fLgvW8qYrZ1GJL9ozvGEWoE/edit

Peloton is offering free classes on their website without membership: yoga, stretching, meditation, cardio, bootcamp--without membership

onepeloton.com