Authors: Eve Sullivan, Patrick O'Leary, and Anis Ben Brik, June 5 2020 - Parents are under enormous pressure and, like it or not, they have become teachers, cafeteria workers, coaches and custodians for their children, at home every day. COVID-19 is changing almost every aspect of community life, but it will not alter the central role of parents in children's lives.
Parents, according to Keri Rodrigues, founding president of the National Parents Union (United States - US), "are desperate to go back to work but at the same time terrified of this deadly virus." Now is the time to improve support for parents.
