The Ledger is holding an online Q&A from 1-1:30 p.m. or so with Dr. Sashalee Stewart, a psychiatrist and lead clinician at the new Women’s Center at Novant Health’s SouthPark Medical Plaza. She’ll take your questions on ways parents can take care of their own mental health in the face of all we’re dealing with these days - online learning, health worries, having the kids around non-stop and missing our social outlets. Feel free to join now or read the discussion later.
Any advice on how to avoid the inevitable frustration that comes when the home Internet goes out, your kid gets booted out of his online class and you can't sign into your work-related Zoom call? Short of yelling (which I may or may not have already done), how can parents remain calm, cool and collected?
Our time has drawn to a close – thank you to everybody for participating. And a big thank you also to Novant Health and Dr. Stewart for your time this afternoon, and for Amy George working on behalf of Novant Health. Stay safe, everybody.
Good afternoon. This is Cristina Bolling with The Charlotte Ledger. Today, we are holding a Q&A with Dr. Sashalee Stewart of Novant Health. She is a psychiatrist at the new Women’s Center at Novant Health’s SouthPark Medical Plaza.
As parents, we tend to put our kids' needs first, and now we're around their needs 24-7. Any thoughts about how we can set some healthy boundaries so we're not totally tapped out at the end of the day?
For married couples who are now spending 24/7 together, since they are working from home, how do you keep that spark alive? If absence makes the heart grow fonder, what can we do instead?
Our school is doing remote learning, and my child says he hates the class zoom meetings and having to watch pre-recorded videos on his iPad. It's a struggle to get him to sit at the table and do what he's supposed to for several hours each day. How hard should I push him to follow the remote learning schedule, and should I consider withdrawing him and homeschooling instead?
How should we cope with not seeing family and having our usual traditions during the upcoming holiday season? We usually get together with our extended family for the holidays, and now that most likely won't be happening due to Covid
What coping tools would you recommend to help us deal with the fact that we don’t know when the pandemic will end and life will return to ‘normal’? We generally know when things will start and end, and it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed not knowing when kids will go back to school, activities will resume, etc.
I have an only child and we are keeping him home for virtual learning for a few weeks (we have that option at his private school). Since Spring, we've been allowing him additional video game time because he can interact with his friends (only his friends) through the games. Are we ok being lax on the video time right now?
Have you started to see any effects, both positive and negative, in individuals that have had to make the sudden transition from office to work from? Including all aspects of their life, family, friends, work etc.
Online Q&A with Novant psychiatrist - you're invited
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These sometimes take a few minutes to get going as people join in.
Any advice on how to avoid the inevitable frustration that comes when the home Internet goes out, your kid gets booted out of his online class and you can't sign into your work-related Zoom call? Short of yelling (which I may or may not have already done), how can parents remain calm, cool and collected?
Our time has drawn to a close – thank you to everybody for participating. And a big thank you also to Novant Health and Dr. Stewart for your time this afternoon, and for Amy George working on behalf of Novant Health. Stay safe, everybody.
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Good afternoon. This is Cristina Bolling with The Charlotte Ledger. Today, we are holding a Q&A with Dr. Sashalee Stewart of Novant Health. She is a psychiatrist at the new Women’s Center at Novant Health’s SouthPark Medical Plaza.
As parents, we tend to put our kids' needs first, and now we're around their needs 24-7. Any thoughts about how we can set some healthy boundaries so we're not totally tapped out at the end of the day?
For married couples who are now spending 24/7 together, since they are working from home, how do you keep that spark alive? If absence makes the heart grow fonder, what can we do instead?
Our school is doing remote learning, and my child says he hates the class zoom meetings and having to watch pre-recorded videos on his iPad. It's a struggle to get him to sit at the table and do what he's supposed to for several hours each day. How hard should I push him to follow the remote learning schedule, and should I consider withdrawing him and homeschooling instead?
How should we cope with not seeing family and having our usual traditions during the upcoming holiday season? We usually get together with our extended family for the holidays, and now that most likely won't be happening due to Covid
What coping tools would you recommend to help us deal with the fact that we don’t know when the pandemic will end and life will return to ‘normal’? We generally know when things will start and end, and it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed not knowing when kids will go back to school, activities will resume, etc.
I have an only child and we are keeping him home for virtual learning for a few weeks (we have that option at his private school). Since Spring, we've been allowing him additional video game time because he can interact with his friends (only his friends) through the games. Are we ok being lax on the video time right now?
Have you started to see any effects, both positive and negative, in individuals that have had to make the sudden transition from office to work from? Including all aspects of their life, family, friends, work etc.