“Should my kids go back to school?” was the pressing question we addressed during our very first Pandemic Parenting webinar. And unfortunately, many of us are back again asking ourselves the same or similar questions a year later. In-person, at home, or hybrid schooling? Masks or no masks? What is safe or necessary right now?

In this episode, Dr. Lindsay Malloy and Dr. Amanda Zelechoski revisit and update their August 2020 conversation about why making decisions during the pandemic has been so hard. Although the answers will be different for every family and we can’t tell you what the right decision is for you, there are several concepts, resources, and research studies in psychology that can help us navigate these tough, ongoing decisions.

Included in this episode about decision-making:

- What is making it especially hard for parents to make decisions during the current pandemic?

- What are decision fatigue and mental load?

- Are there any tangible tips or strategies that parents can use to try to combat decision fatigue and the cognitive load, and make these big decisions feel more approachable?

For more resources check out: https://www.pandemic-parent.org/resources/school-decision-making-during-covid-19