COVID resource guide for parents and caregivers

COVID resource guide for parents and caregivers

Understanding coronavirus 101

  • What families and caregivers need to know about coronavirus
  • Social distancing and quarantining: What you need to know

Being a professional caregiver during the pandemic

  • 6 questions nannies and sitters should ask before caring for kids during COVID-19
  • 6 smart things to do right now for your job search
  • Caregivers hit by job loss during COVID-19: Tips and advice you need
  • FAQs about employment and benefits during COVID-19
  • How to file for unemployment if you̵7;re a caregiver or housekeeper
  • How to provide child care while parents are home and make it work
  • How senior caregivers can care for themselves during coronavirus

Hiring and employing caregivers during coronavirus

  • Questions to ask child caregivers during COVID-19
  • Without a bailout, child care centers may not survive the pandemic
  • A love letter to my kids’ babysitter (You are missed.)
  • Can I schedule a house cleaner and what safety measures should I take?
  • Should I continue paying my nanny, babysitter or day care during the pandemic?
  • FAQs for managing household employees during COVID-19

Parenting during a pandemic

  • Fun ways to keep kids social (at a safe distance)
  • 18 fun ways to celebrate kids’ birthdays during COVID
  • Staying sane and self-compassionate during a stressful year (podcast)
  • 14 moms who’ve had babies during the pandemic share the best and worst parts
  • Talking to kids about job loss: What to say and how to say it
  • Raising a resilient child (podcast)
  • Why we need to help kids plan for the future now more than ever — and how we can help
  • Keeping my kid from his grandparents has been our family’s pandemic heartbreak
  • What’s “too much screentime” for kids in the era of COVID-19? (podcast)
  • Supporting your teen during COVID-19 (podcast)
  • Managing anxiety amid coronavirus
  • I’m a parent with COVID-19 symptoms: What should I do?

Looking out for kids health and safety

  • 5 critical kids health tips for fall, according to medical experts
  • COVID-19 vaccines and kids: What we do (and don’t) know so far
  • What’s a fever in children, when to worry and when you can chill
  • How to talk to kids about face masks and tips to get them used to wearing one
  • COVID-19 has more parents putting off their kids̵7; vaccinations and experts are concerned
  • 5 myths about face masks and kids: What experts say parents need to know
  • Face masks on kids at day care: Are they worth the effort?

Planning for school and education

  • The 2020-21 school year resource guide for parents

Planning for the holidays

  • The 2020 holiday guide for parents and caregivers

Assessing the effects on working moms

  • The pandemic̵7;s impact on working moms (podcast)
  • Amid COVID-19, nearly 1 million women forced out of work in September alone
  • I quit my job due to the pandemic and feel like a failure as a working mom

Balancing work and life

  • How COVID-19 is setting women back decades, at both work and at home
  • Child care costs more in 2020, and the pandemic has parents scrambling for solutions
  • Could ‘double bubbles’ be the pandemic-inspired child care solution of the future?
  • COVID-19 reveals an already broken system for working families in America
  • Care.com 2020 Work + Life Report
  • How to successfully work from home with kids

Caring for seniors during COVID-19

  • COVID-19 meets flu season: How seniors and caregivers can prepare
  • Black seniors are harder hit by COVID-19 — here̵7;s why
  • Is it safe to take my senior loved one to the hospital during COVID-19?
  • What seniors and caregivers need to know about coronavirus
  • What to do when grandparents want to visit during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Caregiving during a global pandemic
  • Being a family caregiver during a crisis
  • 7 ways families can stay connected to senior loved ones during COVID-19

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