My business, along with those of my colleagues, has been ordered by the government to cease services immediately. As a non-essential healthcare service, only emergency services are now rendered in order to limit visits to the ER for non-urgent matters. My income and livelihood has stopped indefinitely. The government has quickly dedicated funds in support of the self-employed like myself, to ease any anxiety about what the future might hold.
I am now able to focus on the children. In the attempt to run my business with two kids in tow, I began to see how the kids were affected by lack of routine. I saw the need to quickly re-establish regular meal times, lesson times, outings and activity times.
Single parenting during COVID-19 pandemic 