Pandemic parenting: families navigate raising children during COVID-19
TUPELO â¢Â Eight-month-old Pete Ekiss doesnât know a world without masks. When he was born in July, only his parents, Sara and Chris Ekiss, were in the room. Their families first met him through the windows of the hospital. Instead of showing off their new son, the new parents settled for masked visits with his grandparents or meetings at the door. âIt was very different than what you imagine your first childbirth to be,â Sara Ekiss said. Whether new to child-rearing or long-timers, parents throughout Northeast Mississippi faced drastic change during the pandemic. From ju...
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