Musings for Moms - School year is almost over

This school year has been one heck of a ride, hasn't it?  Online learning, hybrid, in-person learning.  My

(From Easter 2020)

boys have been through all the many phases of school this year.  I have to say, our school district has done a pretty good job at trying to get the kids to a place where in-person learning is safe for them and the teachers and not only get them there, but keep them there.

It hasn't been easy, and I know a lot of school districts are struggling and the kids, oh this kids, I know they have had it rough too.  Especially the ones where the classroom is their safe place, away from an unsafe home environment.

Everyone keeps saying that kids are resilient, that it is us, the parents, that aren't so much.  They take all this and just keep muddling their way through, trying to make it to the end of the school year, learning whatever they can.  I hope that that is right, that kids are resilient and will be able to bounce back from this past year of learning.  

Everyone is worried that the kids are going to be behind in learning because of this year and the way so many had to learn... it's not the same as being in a classroom with live instruction.  I read an article, and I wish I could find it now, about a man who was very sick, not COVID, and ended up missing like a year and half of school because of his illness.  He went on to say that it wasn't easy, but he caught up, he didn't let being out for that period of time have a negative impact on his education. 

I hope that the kids will want to learn and give their all to moving onward next year.  I hope that the world is in a better place next year, that all the schools will be open and learning can take place.  In the meantime however, know that some of the kids are trying their hardest to make it all work now, that the teachers are doing what they can with what they have been given and so on and so forth. 

Nicole Leckenby is the co-founder/editor of The Holiday Cafe. She works full-time at the University of Pittsburgh and she has two amazing boys that keep her busy, along with a whole host of other things.  Check out her website .