discusses the future of restaurants. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ good morning. the pandemic has increased stress on all americans, but maybe no one as much as care -- parents. what schools -- when schools and inter-closed, questions about what life will look like when it is safe to leave home again. we will start the show by talking to parents only. to hear how you are dealing with the stress right now, both yours and that of your children. parents only this morning on our urgent line. if you are a parent in the

eastern and central time zone we will hear from you at (202) 748-8000. if you are in that mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001, and keep in mind you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. we are all under stress now because of the coronavirus pandemic, but a new report from the american psychological association shows that stress is taking a toll on parents. i will read to a little bit from that report right now. many are experiencing considerable stress related to the virus and are reporting higher levels of stress than in recent years. american parents are on average

suffering significantly higher levels of stress than adults without children. it is related to education, basic needs and missing out on major milestones. the average stress level related to the coronavirus pandemic or adults is 5.9. when asked to rate their level in general, the average reported stress or u.s. adults is 5.4. this is higher than the average level reported in the 2019 survey which was 4.9 and marks the first significance increase in average reported stress since the survey began in 2007. the average stress level over the past month related to the pandemic for parents of children compared with.7 5.5 or adults without children with nearly half of parents 46%,

saying their stress level is eight andeen number 10, compared with 28% of adults without children who say the same. we are going to be talking with parents later about how you are dealing with stress and what type of stress we are seeing. first we went to hear from someone from the american psychological association. bright.talk to dr. good morning. guest: good morning. feelingy our parents more stress than the average american? guest: when we asked parents what was it that was causing them stress, the things included having to manage distance learning for their children,

accommodating new routines, concerns about a family member being sick, about meeting basic needs like food and housing, and missing out on milestones like graduation and weddings. host: what should parents be doing to deal with their own stress, and perhaps to deal with the stress of children under 18 who are still at home? guest: children can pick up on how their parents are feeling and doing. it is important that we model for them how to approach this in a organized manner. in order to do that, we have to manage our own emotions. eatingre that we are healthy, staying active and getting enough sleep and staying socially connected with loved ones and that means virtual connections. if you can do those things, then you are better able to manage your own anxiety and stress

around this situation and that models for kids that they can handle the situation. host: a lot of times when we talk about parents and children, we are talking about people with younger children. what about parents whose children are college-age and back at home? a lot of colleges send their kids home in the middle of the semester. how do you deal with the older children who are now back at home and possibly not knowing what is going to happen in the fall or the summer? guest: aldrin -- older children are dealing with a lot of uncertainty. their semesters just got snatched away from them. they are having to come back and live under the situation where they did not have the freedom that they probably had in college. there is a lot of having to negotiation and compromise.

it is ok to have more open and honest conversations with them about how we all need to work together to adjust to this new situation. host: what made the association to look at parents at this time? following that data, seeing an increase in the average stress level. parents with children under the age of 18 seem to be the hardest they were reporting high levels of stress. some of the transitive seen in the past, oath mothers and fathers reported significant levels of stress. there was no significant difference between the two. host: the association normally does stress in america once a year but now you are doing it monthly. , and what is the

monthly data showing you that you did not see in the yearly data? guest: we been doing the annual surveys for the last few years. this year we wanted a different approach and do them on a monthly basis. this is really the first data that we looked at. the idea is to get a pulse of what the nation is going through to help inform decision-makers about the needs that people are experiencing because of the pandemic. host: looking at some of the data that came from the report, the biggest issues seem to be worrying about a family member getting coronavirus, the government response to coronavirus, and disrupted routines. ,hat are you telling people ways to deal with those issues? guest: a lot of the issues have to deal with the uncertainty.

it is important to find things in your control. it is about reminding us of the things that are out of our control and interferes with the ability to plan. one of the things is how much information we take in daily. people need to stay informed but we know that watching the news constantly can drive up anxiety. pay attention to credible , andes, get what you need then let it go for the rest of the day. we really need to be disconnecting from screens a bit more and spending time with our family a bit more. host: do you expect the stress level to automatically go down as states reopen, whether limited reopening or full reopening? do you suspect these numbers will decrease or will this stress continue until there is a

vaccine or something where we don't have to worry about getting coronavirus again? guest: that is part of why we're doing these surveys. i would not necessarily expect it to go down automatically. of socialre tired distancing and do what the economy to open up, there is a lot of fear whether or not things are safe, and there is a level of uncertainty about what is safe and some of the changing information that we have gotten makes it hard to make those assessments. the anxietynk levels will exactly go down, but i think we will still need to social distance in order for people to feel safe to go back to normal. host: are there specific resources you can point parents to to deal with stress for just themselves or for their children at home? guest: i can start with their

apa.org, and we have a page dedicated to the pandemic. there are sections there for articles and tips about how to manage stress. i want to highlight two resources. we did a podcast with a child psychologist where he spoke about what parents could do to manage the situation, and secondly, this site has been s wherevideos of site books are being read out loud. if you follow our facebook page, that is the easy way to see where those videos are. host: we spent a lot of time talking about stress on parents. what about everyone else? are there specific resources that you give to people or not parents at this time? guest: there are additional

resources on our website, but it starts with this foundation, taking care of yourself. self-care can make people feel like they are being selfish, but really it is about making sure that you are being physically safe and emotionally safe. to stay emotionally safe, you need to keep yourself together and keep the stress down as well as engaging in activities that make you feel like you have some sense of control over what is a pretty uncontrollable situation. host: anything else you want to add about we can do to deal with stress? guest: i think an important thing to remember is people are really resilient. if we can think back on the past, think about events that felt like we would never get through, maybe a divorce, but we

did get through it and we came out on the others idea even stronger. wheres a situation individuals can do that, come out on the other strong -- side stronger. we would like to say thank you for coming on with us this morning and talking about the new report on stress with parents. parents outear from there, how are you dealing with stress during the coronavirus pandemic? are you looking forward to states reopening and possibly your kids going to summer camp or back to school in the fall? on regional lines this morning. if you are in the eastern or central time zone, we went to hear from parents at (202) 748-8000. if you are on the mountain or pacific time zone, the number is (202) 748-8001.

you can always text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on twitter and c-span and on facebook. we are going to start out by talking to dan in virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. i am in a unique situation. i have an older killed in college, one that is just graduating high school, when coming into high school and one in middle school. i've got the full span right now. resilient. pretty my 18-year-old and 21-year-old are both working. there are jobs out there if you are confident enough and bold enough to get out there and work. i am still working.

-- makes thishis unique is we are a military family. we are a marine corps family. int training has spilled over my kids. you need confidence. the psychologist was speaking about this anxiety. part of the training is this is sort of a deployment. marines always want to get the word. even when you get the word, there is a 10% suspicion that it is not accurate. you learn to deal with that underlying anxiety. it seems like what the united states is going through, and they do not understand how the world works. there is never perfect information. even those in charge do not have perfect information. but they have to make decisions. my kids grew up in a culture of that, and i think they are more resilient. they are not scared.

two of my kids that could never before they do that now because i have had extra time. even if i'm working from home, i'm still getting my salary, so we are a unique set. that truth would be accurate whether i was here in the united states, in japan, it does not matter. it all goes back to being resilient and trusting yourself. you, how hasask the online learning been going in your house? student,th a college we kept teaching at the universities, and i know a lot ghsthe elementary and jr. hi attempted to move online, which in some places worked well and some places didn't which also

causes stress. how has your experience been? robust as i not as wish it had been. the college students think i am not getting my money's worth. she is out-of-state and does not go to school here in virginia, but she says it is not the same. i like going into school and engaging with the instructors. i like that aspect of it. the high school student, not so much engagement. a 4.0 plus student, so she just got done taking all of her tests this week. kid, and shet teaches as her job is the other thing. the little ones, here in virginia, navy it's the school

district, eight is not as robust , so any of the teaching is really coming from us as the parents. anxietye an underlying that the security i felt in education was being taking care of, and i understand that no parent can fully forfeit that education to somebody else, but the confidence that i had has dwindled down. let's talk to leon from washington, d.c.. we are just trying to do things together to keep our spirits up, studying together, , just like the same

situation it was when school was open. to try to open schools, that is crazy. you still have a lot of people walking around and do not know if they got it or not. testing,y get adequate and that may not be until years from now, we have to stay-at-home. grandchildren do you have? a lot of times people forget about grandparents and their responsibilities. how many grandchildren do you have? their showing any signs of stress from being home? caller: i've got 13 grandchildren, and the ones that are older are not showing any signs of stress. they are glad school is out.

i say that is very important. , are yout about you seeing any additional stress in yourself because of the pandemic? numbersthere are high of people who are infected with the coronavirus. caller: with social distancing, guidelines, i have been blessed. round -- to be of around friends, things like that. you've got to keep your faith in god, that is the main thing, and everything will be all right. host: this is charles from illinois. good morning. are you there? caller: yes. how are you? host: i am doing good. caller: i am worried about my

patients. host: what do you do for a living? caretaker -- not a caretaker, a caregiver. i take care of crippled people. host: what sort of stress level are you seeing and what sort of stress level are you seeing in your patients? caller: i am not stressed at all. i am just watching television. i am worried about going outside. to s what are you doing alve your worries during this pandemic? i read the bible. rita from new to jersey. good morning. caller: good morning.

topic inuch a great new jersey. we have here online learning or , whoren, and my sister lives in new jersey also, she adopted her granddaughter, and she is going crazy with this online learning. , andaby just wants to play she is not computer savvy. so every time she goes on and ,ries to go into these websites it does not work for her. the baby just laughs at her. hergets frustrated, and answer was she went out and bought a puppy. the baby is in heaven she feels that they really should just repeat the year because you have

to have a degree in new jersey to teach what they are telling you to teach her children online. you really do. it is very difficult. so what she did was she went out and bought some learning books and she teaches her herself maybe an hour during the morning and an hour in the afternoon because you have to have a degree to teach these kids. i do not know the big deal of maybe trying summer school or just repeating the year for the children because that kid, all that she learned she basically forgot. she just wants to play. she is only six years old. that is my,. for people who are not patient, just be patient, take it a day at a time. god is telling us to stay home right now. i am very worried about a second wave now that they opened up the beaches. it is like we are going to go

all the way back from the beginning. it is not worth it. for you in the south, you do not want what we have in new jersey. be very, very careful. host: this is doug who was calling from washington. good morning. sayer: i was just going to that all of my kids except one son is working. i am retired and my weick is working at home. -- my wife is working at home. over it,earned so much but everything changes about the pandemic. we learned more and more, so we are pretty comfortable where i am at, and we have zero cases here. rks.ave not had any in fok

but i have a sister in marilyn who is scared to death to go out of her house. maryland who is scared to death to go out of her house. host: a lot of us are working from home now and having to get used to the new normal of everyone being in the house while you're still trained to get work done. how is that working for your wife? it is not a problem. it is just me and my wife and my mother-in-law. , and ijust hanging out am better off, i am pretty fortunate. i just feel for everybody else and the kids and what is going on. thank god for trump to keep things going and everything will get better, i hope.

. just feel for everybody else i felt bad for everybody that is going through a lot worse than me. oft: this is the beginning the long numeral they weekend and during a white house briefing yesterday dr. birx spoke to us about what people could do to stay safe with their safe reopening -- states reopening. >> we been working with estates about what proactive surveillance would look like to find people who are asymptomatic but it is also quite we continue to recommend that you cannot tell who is infected. that is why you have to continue to social distance. that is why you need to continue to maintain six feet apart. i remember in the early days of hiv people told me all the time that they knew who was infected. i would say you do not know who

is infected. i could be. you are just saying you do not think i am because i look healthy. there is a lot of healthy people out there with covid that look healthy. we are asking continuously for you to be outside, enjoy your memorial day weekend, play golf, and be outtennis with your families that you have your household with. even consider social distance space as long as you have utensils that belong to individuals and that may be could be thrown out immediately. i know you can do this. i know the american people can do it. as you go out this weekend, please understand you can go out , you can play golf, you can go to the beaches if you stay six feet apart, but remember that is your space. that is a space you need to

protect to ensure you social distance. host: we are talking to parents this morning about how you are dealing with being at home and the stress levels for both you and your children. when i say parents, i am not just talking about mom and dad. ran parents are also dealing with this. regional lines are open. grandparents are also dealing with this. the regional lines are open. this is jaclyn from new orleans. good morning. good morning. i am a mother, and i also am a grandmother but my grandson is not at school. he is a little toddler, but on

behalf of the children in school, i believe that we should not rush the children back to schools if we have ways to teach them ourselves. i know some may not be educated enough to do so, but we can pass the wisdom down to them like our parents taught us. a lot of our parents did not have a third grade education, but they taught us. when isugar from flour was three years old. i was the last child to go to school out of nine kids. ihave a 16-year-old son, and am not letting him go back to school no time soon because these people are making decisions about our lives to their spec out there. once we find out these kids start spreading germs and bringing it back home, then they will say it lets close the schools down. i am not rushing my child out there.

i am paying attention, but not paying attention to what they are saying. i am paying attention to what is going on and listening to what the lord is saying about this. we cannot rush our children back out there. it is like beating them to the -- lion's den. to the host: i want to read a little bit about this story because it deals with exactly what the color mac -- caller was talking about. ,ne saving grace of the virus the effect on children seems minor. now there is evidence that the virus can cause serious illness in children, though such cases are rare, they have parents worried and it might influence decisions to reopen summer camps and day care centers and schools.

one disturbing development is that the condition is similar to kawasaki disease, a rare childhood illness. the center issued an advisory on the commission last week and named it multisystem --lammatory symptom multi-symptom inflammatory syndrome. about it andknown it will impact the conversation and may cause some pause said one doctor in new york, which has seen about 40 children hospitalized with this syndrome. it is not clear how many of these cases there are nationwide researchers are scrambling to

compile the cases and estimate there are hundreds across the country. new york state is investigated 137 reported cases. the city said it had 145 reports of the condition easing an old definition of the syndrome. thee are reports of syndrome in at least 14 other states. that is another thing for parents to stress out about during this pandemic. we want to know what you are thinking if you are a parent and what you are doing to deal with your stress. a call from charlotte, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. it is good to hear from you. i have a five-year-old and a 12-year-old. i am 30 years old. i had great parents to teach me well. i teach my children to read and write and use their basic motor

skills. we do activities. we still keep our social distance by seeing friends and family on the internet. also i am affiliated with the black panther group in north carolina. we are also helping a lot of people in charlotte, the theress, and we are out .elping parents reduce stress we are putting in our own money and we just went viral in charlotte. you can look it up. byare taking this stress on giving to the community, so that is what we are doing. from long is frank beach, california. good morning. caller: good morning, nice to talk with you. i would just like to tell you about my son.

he is 26 years old, living up in dublin, california. hey lost his job and now he just lost his insurance when he turned 26. we did not realize it, but he is not covered anymore. , and he isma bipolar, so i am worried about him getting covid-19 and dying. all i can say thank god for gavin newsom. he is on unappointed now, but i have got to bring him back home got doctorsuse he's appointments and now we are not covered by that. when one appointment is like $200 and that is not counting the medication. morecovid-19 is much serious than i think most people realize. oneard a doctor say it was

thousand times more infectious than the sars virus, and i found that out like two months ago. it is like nobody knew about it at all. i cannot believe no one ever commented on that. that is why it spread so fast. no one was ready for it. host: let's go to some of our social media followers and see what they think about the stress level for parents and children. here is one text got in that said lots of your viewers are more stressed about their grandkids who seemed more and more at risk from this mysterious new covid related syndrome we are hearing about. that is where a lot of stresses. i havea tweet that says expansive parents who have not discipline their children to respect personal boundaries. since the pandemic, parents are realizing how much teachers give you a break from your kids. maybe we all can appreciate teachers more these days.

here's another tweet, parents have used this time to bond and homeschool and no wonder what teaching environment they have been sending their kids into. another says, here in the writing is ana tv excellent way to enjoy -- riding is an excellent way to enjoy time with your family. another says homeschooling should be an option. again, we want to talk to parents and see what your pandemic experience has been. our next caller from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i would also like to thank you -- i would like to say thank you to my sister. we actually have sort of the

opposite situation in my home and i have a 10-year-old who was experiencing bullying at school. -- for the past two months, her stress level has actually decreased from going into her school every day. we just got a new puppy, so we spent a lot of time focusing on the puppy in between schoolwork. she is quite happy, and i am less stressed having her home with me as opposed to sending her into school every day. think the issue we whensee down the road, is it is actually time to go back into a physical school building environment, i think that is going to be difficult for my child to do.

it has been much nicer to be at home, and it may be harder for her to go back to her school. although i can certainly empathize with parents and caregivers and families who are stressing out at home, we are actually at a lower stress level. host: what are your plans for you and your children for the summer? i know a lot of parents depend on summer camps. what are your plans or how are you dealing with your summer situation? caller: our summer plans for the were to years or so send them down to orlando, florida, for camp grandma. that is most likely not happening this summer, and we have not yet crossed that bridge. i do not know what the plan is. is still inre

session until the last week of june. we have a little bit of time. kay from silver spring, maryland. kids, andhave three my experience is i find my 11-year-old is regressing and my six-year-old is maturing a little bit faster being around his older sisters. 11-year-oldthat the is overwhelmed. she is not with her friends. she still has a lot of questions. she is in a lot of advanced classes in the sixth grade and she just feels overwhelmed learning it online. summer aretype of you planning for your children? i know a lot of the summer camps

are thinking about going virtual are not opening at all, and just like the previous caller said it may not be safe for grandparents to have visitors in the summer like we would have in the past. what are your plans? caller: that is our issue. we were going to send our kids to orlando for a little bit come and we also have grandparents in ohio, so they would spend time in ohio and orlando. and we were going to take a camping trip that is canceled now because we have to use public restrooms, and we do not know that situation. done.mmer is pretty we will be at home. in the new york times they had a story earlier this week about what some summer camps are planning to do. some of them are saying they're going to do like the schools and

go virtual. here is a little bit from that story, summer camps are going virtual, parents are skeptical. monday the american camp association released new guidance for summer camps explaining that the camps will have to decide whether to open in accordance with recommendations from state and local governments which will consider a much covid-19 is spreading within the community among other things. it is almost certain that camps in some parts of the country will not be able to open. many camps may consider going virtual, coordinating activities remotely so parents can participate in can't but still practice social distancing. swimnot cannot hike or while holding devices. really keepamps kids happy and engaged and

provide the level of childcare that working parents need? most parents think not. nope, nope said one mom in georgia. my kids do not need more screen time. we will not be doing any virtual camps this summer or in the future. we want to know, parents, what your endemic experience has been like? how has online distance-learning been going for your children? not just parents, i know grandparents have to deal with this also. we are doing regional lines great if you are in the eastern or central time soon, (202) 748-8000. fountain in pacific, (202) 748-8001. let's talk to donna from michigan city, indiana. good morning. good morning.

i am a foster parent. i just started fostering right before the pandemic hit. it has been an experience because it is hard enough that he is separated from his parents, but the way that we have been dealing with it here, i live very close to lake michigan. lake michigan has a lot of erosion problems. year, been a very strange but we take him down for walks. have a lot of homeowners from chicago, so has some new friends. gore are plenty of places to biking. ,e have a lot of wildlife here and a lot of pets here, so i try to give him -- get him out of looking at the computer and get him out and about.

you shown him the community. i would just say just keep them engaged. i know we have a summer camp, a theater camp where a lot of people from chicago, and do plays and teach kids. it is closed. they just announced a lot of these camps are closed even though indiana is opening up more and more. i would just say keep your kids engaged in the great doors as much as you can. we have a national park here on the beach. that is opening this weekend. we are just going to take some trips and continue to learn at home. we do some cooking, which has been fun. there's a lot of things to watch online to teach us to do that. we have been lucky that way. i have a job. i am a caregiver, so that has been interesting. i have to make sure i do not bring anything home, if you know what i mean.

we have been very careful about that. i just want to say blessings to everybody out there, it has been an unusual year. we started out remembering the roaring 20's, a lot of parties on new year's eve, and we had no idea what was coming. i just wanted to say, my grandfather was in the first pandemic. he told me all about it. he was in the war. they were going to ship him overseas, but he was put in a tent with thousands of other men who were fighting the flu on long island. he survived, but he told me how horrific it was. thatember him telling me they used to put the soldiers out in the sunshine, so i would just say, whenever you see the sunshine, go out and soak it up because it seems to be something that they remember from 1917.

host: this is greg from florida. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a parent but also a grandparents raising grandchildren. and i also have a grandparent, great grandparent in the house. i've heard the stories of people in their homes and backyards and all of the kids playing, but i live in an apartment so it is a little bit different. we have fewer options. lessnk the kids are stressed not being in school, but it is a different stress. we are altogether with one another 24-7.

iis is an experience that thought i would never live to ae, however i think with little bit better planning, tings could have worked out differently for a lot of people. my main concern is, especially here in florida, all of the people that are now coming down for vacations, the state has been opened. from what i can say, there are a lot of people not complying with the masks. i think we will be looking at something worse down the line. i do not think we have even seen it yet. more of ourlook at social media followers to see what they are thinking about forr pandemic experience the stress levels of them and their children. one says it would be healthy for your children to enjoy the great outdoors and built up immune system by absorbing the sunshine and letting their bodies produce vitamin d3. here is another, it has been

difficult for my youngest who is at a very social stage. il this is quite -- my eldest was quite the champion to finish his ear online. another says, it has been a tough year. another one says now our children have to worry about this coronavirus and suffer the stress of worrying about being shot in class, a wonderful experience for our children to live this trauma and pass it on to their future children. healthy an unbelievably situation. one last tweet says my kids are older but not being able to take them to the pool in the summer would be rough. let's talk to a few more parents about their pandemic experience. this is pamela from north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. daughter.5-year-old

she is an honor student and since this mess started, i am a single parent, so that is a little bit difficult. i work. daily if her behavior not hourly. the first two weeks she was fine , as it starts getting longer, her mental state is not where it used to be. the good news is she can tell me how she is feeling. obeying,agree with not and right now i think the range,n, within her age really need to be with her age range. i am not a teacher, so i totally

appreciate her teachers. host: i can tell you as a parent i discovered how much i was not a teacher as well during this time. if nothing else, this has taught us to appreciate those elementary, middle school and high school teachers because what they do is difficult. correct.ou are so .he is a great child i will give you a little background. 2018, i lost my husband, and that is why i have been vigilant with seeing how she is doing. we have done everything. i have taken her everywhere that i could possibly, to just get her out. quarantineic, this is not helping me.

i live somewhere where my closest family member is two hours away, so that is my frustration, about people making decisions and not asking the single parents that really need help and everyone just as a one-size-fits-all thing this is not working for me. dee from's talk to spokane, washington. caller: i am a 87-year-old parent with physical disabilities. i live alone, no support system, no relatives to help me. i worked over 50 years and have one child, a 50-year-old daughter, 900 miles away from me. she is disabled, alone, has no phone or car. her husband split over one year ago and changed his mailing address. she does not know where he is.

he gives her some kind of money. i do not know how much. i have been paying her property taxes. my savings are dwindling quickly. i have a foundation that needs replaced. i cannot find anybody to come and check it out to see what it is. i have tried for a long time. i worry 24 hours a day about my daughter. i do not know what to do. , two trips,p there and was unable to get any help for her. she has all sorts of stress problems and has had after many years of marriage. i do not know what to do. talk to kathleen from dayton, ohio. good morning. i just what to say to

86, i wantcaller, at to encourage her to call her aging.gency area on they will come in and help, and identify your problems and help you. i hope she gets help. grandparent. i take care of a 92-year-old mother. that is going well. i keep her in. i take her out to the sunshine when i can. ingrandchildren live colorado and both of their parents or teachers. it has been interesting to hear their stories as well as my sister who is a to cheer -- teacher. it sounds fascinating what parents or teachers are dealing with on zoom. describehe scenes they

with trying to have kids coming in, it sounds like saturday night live skits. issues.e humorous some of my friends who are someers, they talk about families, my concerns are that campies who cannot afford or even afford caregivers. i have heard stories about 10-year-olds watching four cousins and siblings who are younger than them. i've heard stories about 80-year-olds watching a sibling. my concern are the families who do not have access to all of these extracurricular activities parentse kids of the who are the front line occurs

and who cannot afford to bring in caregivers. i hope you do a segment on that as well as becoming aware of how with thise dealing digital divide. for instance, colorado, in one district, they did supply computers in the homes to all of the kids as well as turning on the internet service. here in dayton, a brother-in-law who is an administrator said they are providing computers to kids and having buses where the kids can go over to the bus and get on the bus and connect up with their teachers. it has become so obvious, because the majority of people, what a huge digital divide issue we have which basically means the kids do not have the opportunity when they go home to do their homework.

we have got to level the playing field. is trina from jacksonville, florida. good morning. struggling with two toddlers because of the daycare being closed and not being able to work. we are just slowly getting back on our feet. we just started working slowly, but it has been very hard and difficult. i am more worried about my children and the struggle without access to supplies and all of the basic necessities. and it been struggling, is like they need more help. i am more concerned with all of the helpren, getting they need, and everyone is struggling. everybody do not have the money of course. ,ost: how are you getting by

for daycare or what are you doing to keep yourself and your family safe and healthy? we had some health -- we basically had some help for a few weeks. slowly,tarted working and me just moving here, being new here, i just know my sister. she can't do much to help right now. we work at the same place, and she helped me get a job over there. it is really bad over here. talk to jim from massachusetts. good morning. caller: good morning. the gist of my statement is about my one daughter in new york city. she has always been independent, dealhe is a -- has a great

of common sense. i believe in her governor and her mayor, and i'm not really worried about her because with the help of god she will do ok. from let's go to william cleveland, ohio. good morning. a supporter of pps. years ago i worked in a hospital , and i took the steps to work and a hospital by way of community college. i have learned how to function areurgical rooms and there steps you can take. i had sent a note to them that i thought it would be a good idea to put on a program one day on a weekend where people could sit and watch and learn how these

, and the leachs or the alcohol -- and carrying the bleach or the alcohol is a good thing. i am on public transportation, and i have a bad heart, but i have the common sense to do the inngs necessary to survive the environment in which i have to catch public transportation. schooling, to public i believe in the safe distancing and all of that. i believe that if these classes were taught early on to children as part of a health care thing is there coming up through regular public schooling, that when situations like this should arise, they should have some common basic training. when it comes to the computer online homeschooling, one parent

cannot control what the other parent does. if another parent, and they are divorced, one parent pulls the child out of school that notifying a court or the other parent under a shared parenting order, and then that parent who pulled the child out of school names the father as the person who is supposed to be watching over the children when the other party is denying them visitation in direct violation of the order. you have a democratic run democracy which causes you to through court to judge, aicial body, a magistrate to sit down and look at what it is that you are making the complaint about on behalf of the children. host:

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the path once ponce de leon was on to seek the fountain of eternal youth. >> sunday on "american national," we visit a historic landmark neighborhood in mobile, alabama. listen, we want to get back home. we need you to go in negotiate with the mayor, do whatever it takes to get us out of here. they went to work for him. every friday when it came time to get paid, that food went for food, clothing and shelter. they never had any discretionary money. they came to the resolve they would have to stay in the community. they did not understand the language, the customs, but they made a way out of no way, and they brought up their customs and culture to this community and said, this is our african town. >>