{"id":536,"date":"2020-05-27T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536"},"modified":"2020-05-27T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T13:29:47","slug":"parenting-through-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536","title":{"rendered":"Parenting through lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/hr-learninganddevelopment\/news\/?view=2026\"> Belong and Grow (BAG) week<\/a> the Athena SWAN team hosted a \u2018Parenting through lockdown\u2019 session via Zoom. This was an open session to anyone who is juggling work and parenting during the coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>The session was attended by 10 female members of staff with children ranging from 10 months to 16 year old. It was quite needed time out from working or parenting; time for reflecting with some good peer support!<\/p>\n<p>Questions and themes discussed over the session were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How are you?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s your situation? How many children do you have, how old are they, are you home schooling, do you have a partner; do they work?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s been the highlight or the best moment during the lockdown?<\/li>\n<li>Self-care; what keeps you going?<\/li>\n<li>What have you learned about yourself and your family during this lockdown? The introduction to this question, <em>\u2018Do what you can\u2019;<\/em> the difference between the expectations and reality. (Who sets the expectations in your life; yourself, your partner, your boss, your children, your children\u2019s teacher\/School, your parents and so on).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most fruitful dialogue was around the topics \u2018what keeps you going\u2019 and \u2018do what you can\u2019; the difference between the expectations and reality. As for \u2018what keeps you going\u2019 the most typical answer was exercise (walks with family, bike rides, running, walking the dog, yoga), chocolate (and other treats) as well as DIY\/home improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Do what you can\u2019 is the tricky one as we want to achieve and do well in all areas; work, parenting, relationship and so on. It might be difficult to lower the expectations and to realise, that especially now, in these weird times \u2018good enough is good enough\u2019 but it really does make a difference in well-being and mental health!<\/p>\n<p>As a good summary at the end, one of the participants said that it is important to \u2018Live now\u2019 as we are \u2018not going to get this time back, so lower the bar and let go \u2019. Wise words!<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t get a chance to take part to this session and you want to share your stories and experiences with the Athena SWAN team then please email: <a href=\"mailto:athenaswan@kent.ac.uk\">athenaswan@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536&amp;t=Parenting through lockdown' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Parenting through lockdown%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536&amp;title=Parenting through lockdown' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=536&amp;title=Parenting through lockdown' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of the Belong and Grow (BAG) week the Athena SWAN team hosted a \u2018Parenting through lockdown\u2019 session via Zoom. 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