In these uncertain times, I feel like an absolute failure as a mother. I am anxious, they are anxious, and I am clueless how to handle any of it! These are unprecedented times for all of us. We are used to routines and as normal as I try to keep things, they reflect my every emotion times a million. They are receptive and know that this is not a normal routine, they feel my anxiety and their stress is a reflection of my own. I feel like a hamster in a wheel, I'm trying to explain and talk them through it but they are closing down, much like I tend to do, and we are running circles around everything. Today we had a huge battle over drinking water - my son, who normally eats me out of house and home is refusing to eat and hardly drinking anything. He wants to do his homework, but gets super frustrated with every aspect of it so we set it aside today. He is super angry with me for everything I try to do and I am angry right back because all I'm trying to do is make t