Enjoy Your Quarantine: Coronavirus Shutdowns and the American Family

Dan Andros-Opinion : Mar 16, 2020
Faithwire.com

If you're now home with your child who usually goes to public or private school, don't just turn on Netflix and let the cartoons and shows roll. Take the time to look at what they are learning—and spend some time going over it with them. View this time not as a burden, but a blessing.

[Faithwire.com] Like it or not, we're all about to spend a lot more time at home with our families in the coming weeks. QuarantineLife is trending on social media, and the reactions to the prospects of being cooped up within our own four walls have been mixed. (Image: Pixabay)

The most surprising reaction, at least to me, has been the number of people responding with anxiety at the prospect of having to do things such as teach their children for a few weeks or work at home and spend all day with their family.

For everyone dreading spending time with your family, allow me to offer up a different perspective: enjoy this time:

Be grateful. Take advantage of it.

For the record, I am not being cavalier. I realize for some people the government's heavy-handed decisions will cause major stressors. In my area (Bucks County, Pennsylvania) word just went out that some businesses will be forced to close under the state of Pennsylvania's COVID-19 disaster declaration... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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