It's the Heroes Day weekend and parts of the country {Bahamas} are still in lockdown. It's been 7 months since we've been in this pandemic. Many people are out of work and I think many are suffering from 'Cabin fever'.
Yet, we are not the only nation in this state. If you have been keeping up with the news, our neighbours in S. Florida are not allowing their children back to school as it is still unsafe.
Parents here in the Bahamas must take ownership of their children's education. We may be a small country, but that does not stop us from contracting the virus. The majority of our citizens can not afford to pay for tests, especially those families with multiple children at different levels of school.
Over this weekend parents can become that hero for their children, use this time to talk about the virus, and how it affected family time over the 7 months, especially for those children who could not visit grandparents who live in a different household.
In addition, talk about the summer vacation that they had to forego whether it was to the US or to another family island. Talk about tentative plans for the next 11 weeks, Christmas... Now is the time to have that discussion.
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