The two-week halt in nearly everything felt surmountable and communities bonded together.
And then two weeks dragged into months and we’re closing in on a year.
How has your family’s relationship changed in that time? Are you closer now or closer a year ago? Are your kids at each other’s throats or more understanding of each other’s personal space?
“For a lot of people, there was uncertainty, ambiguity, a lack of safety so people pulled together instantly,” says Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D., director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Department at Northwestern University. “People checked on each other, they wanted to stay together, they wanted to be close, then it also came to the point the closeness was something people needed some getting used to.”