Even before the pandemic struck, there are a lot of challenges that parents need to overcome. However, because of the coronavirus pandemic, parenting had to move up to another level of difficulty. Not only did the pandemic do this to families, but also all the other events that took place in the previous year brought a lot of difficulties to families. The Psychological Lockdown According to a therapist and educator, Nancy J. Kislin, LCSW, MFT, parents are not just in a quarantine lockdown. They are also in a state of emotional and psychological lockdown. Because of everything that has been happening, parents are suddenly afraid of moving too fast or too dramatic. Kislin says that parents have become more cautious and are afraid to take even the simplest emotional risks. That is because they are worried that whatever risk they take, it might do them more harm instead of good.