Thread by @RThienprayoon

In #pedpc we think of Pam Hinds work- parents ask themselves, what would a good parent do?
I think this is the crux of what many of us have struggled with throughout the pandemic.
How we weight risk/benefit often comes down to our personal definition of a good parent.

Last week, my children's school dropped the mask mandate for the 3-6 classes. My husband expected it. I didn't.
We have managed to avoid our children getting COVID for 2 years.
That doesn't make us "better" parents than others.
We have been lucky. And tried hard.

Academia means attending meetings. I enjoy meetings!
Would a "good parent" travel now?
I traveled yesterday. In a KN95. The majority of other travelers were masked, but many were not. It wasn't heavily enforced, including during flight.

During the flight, the mask mandate was dropped. So now I will fly home, still in my mask, on a plane in which I expect the vast majority of passengers to be unmasked.

I just feel so sad for my daughter.
I feel like I'm failing her as a "good parent". (I cognitively know this is not true.)
I'm seeing so many parents of little children who feel the same.

I think the only thing we can do is to try to focus on all the things we do for our children that still make us "good parents". Try to realign our thinking. Shake the guilt where we can. Pray for a vaccine to be approved soon. And keep masking anyway. /End

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