I can not be hands at this time. What is it to be like a child care provider during the coronavirus pandemic

Darlene Berg, 50, a child care provider for more than 25 years. It takes care of the time for the children of emergency personnel to the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County, New Jersey, during the current 19-COVID pandemic. The state has the second highest number of new cases and deaths in the crown of the United States of what I do is love that about my job as a daycare provider in normal times, I can hug her, I who they can give them emotional support because basically we are like second parents when they are with us. I like them comfort when they want to sit in my lap and talk to me. But because of COVID-19, I can not get my hands on this time. It ‘very difficult, especially when they cry. The situation is different in other ways, too. When the children are settled, their parents can not enter the building. They are sold to foreigners who do not know at first. They have their temperature taken, then they are coming into a particular class are nearly all day. The separate room so that every child has a specific play area that allows social distancing. You can also play with a toy at a time so that we can disinfect, if they are done. This is difficult for them because they want to share and want to play together, want to hug each other, and want to run together. And they say I can not do it. So for a lot of stress and anxiety them is some of them have a very difficult time for setting this new standard we have. But we do our best here. We seek in all ways we can console. We do a lot of activities during the day to try to keep them busy and make it as normal as possible. We go out, we walk. Healthy yoga three times a week in my class so they can de-stress. I found this great website that does the Wizard of Oz Yoga and Yoga Troll their love, though not simply brings a smile to their faces. Since COVID-19 is limited, how and when they can socialize children, some of the things we used to do on a regular basis, are even more exciting now. Like when we used to take the kids to take off, it was just a moment of the day. Now, the outside is a completely different world. You hear the birds and see the butterflies. Recently, when we went down one street, a child said: “We are in the woods!” Because there were all these trees. Their views are now much more increased. Although they in the social distance, they feel only freedom there. Some of the children that interest us now are new, and come to the YMCA because their normal childcare facilities and schools are closed. One of the first children who came to the emergency care of children speaking a different language. The family is from Russia and she spoke very little English. But within about two weeks, I’ve just come out of his shell. She sings in English and speaks more English now. But she always tells me: “Hey, you.” And I say to her: “My name is nicht, Hey, du.’Was is my name?” Because I now know my name. They will look at me and she has this strange, beautiful way to go with her eyes and she just gives you that look and eyebrows and say, “You are Miss Darlene. Darlene. Darlene.” One of my favorite parts of the job observed children to do things for the first time. I work usually in the baby’s room, learning to walk for the first time as my children, sometimes go on the potty for the first time on the toilet and gave me food for the first time. They count for the first time and a song for the first time are also great things for me to learn. I like to watch them grow and teach them. When I ask questions, and are able to respond, I love the smiles on their faces to see if they do it well. And ‘difficult that I can not see my smile, though. I learned smile with my eyes, because they see the mouth through my mask. There are also times when I am in the back of the room, away from them that I’m going to pull it when they do something great for them to see me smile each other down. Our highest priority keeps them in good health, able to continue to do other essential workers to go to work and our community. It makes me happy that parents can give children here and know that they are safe, we are nurturing, and there is no need to worry about their children. I’m doing my part to help those who need our help here: the grocery store workers, essential workers, doctors, whatever they are. E ‘gives me great pride to do so, and to help them through this difficult time. Especially in young children, day care centers can use these bases for all the different things that are going to do in life. And if you can remember when this terrible experience they have had to go through, you have come to the YMCA and Miss Darlene, they have made me smile, because they have skipped yoga to do, and this is something that you remember, something positive that we did here . This is all I could ask for. But children help me to get through the chaos and uncertainty, too. When I come here, I do not think the outside world. When I come here, I just want to see the children happy and smiling. I do not think anything in the outside world when I’m here. But I do not, as a hero of mine. I think of myself as lucky to still be able to do the work I love, and I feel lucky that I contribute in any position small can survive this pandemic to help our country I. -How say Abby Vesoulis
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