AAP Offers Age-based Tips to Help Juggle Parenting and Working at Home

Many parents fortunate to have jobs they can do from home during the coronavirus crisis. However, they're discovering how challenging it is to work and parent at the same time. ​ Damon Korb, MD, FAAP, author of the AAP book, Raising an Organized Child: Five Steps to Boost Independence, Ease Frustration, and Promote Confidence, offers age-based tips to help families keep moving forward during this difficult time. In a new HealthyChildren.org article, Dr. Korb suggests “wearing” your infant to work, for example, or setting up your toddler or preschool-age “coworker” next to you to mimic parallel play. Go to: https://healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/chest-lungs/Pages/Tips-to-Juggle-Parenting-and-Working-at-Home-COVID-19.aspx

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.