We hope you and your family are finding your "new normal" during this global health pandemic. Change, fear and uncertainty can be challenging to manage, especially right now, but we are here to help you put the "social" in social distancing. Remember, we're all in this together as we continue to stay home and follow guidelines to protect our families and the community.

Stay Connected Plan days as a family. Empower each family member with responsibility by allowing everyone to pick a role or task for the day. Spark family conversation. Place questions written by all family members in a container, take turns picking questions, and answer them together. Continue to call, text, and email friends and family! Here's a list of video chat apps to explore.

Keep Moving Walk around your neighborhood for fresh air and maybe " Chalk the Walk , " a new trend that is popping up all over the country to help spread positivity. In your neighborhood, draw or write encouraging messages on your driveway or sidewalk with chalk. Then (keeping social distancing in mind), take a walk and enjoy other messages written by your neighbors .  Shake it out with a dance party! After hours of sitting and screen time for homeschooling, take a dance break with your favorite tunes. For extra excitement, consider checking out TikTok to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy, and talent videos and share on social media.

Make Memories Create an awesome family board game or DIY a classic like tic-tac-toe or checkers with items found around your house. Play Heads Up!, a  hilarious game  from the Ellen DeGeneres show, which is currently FREE in your favorite app store . Relax with a family storytime provided by Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook service. Audible is offering FREE streaming of hundreds of children's stories across six different languages for as long as schools are closed. Start Listening!

Power Resource: News From the Field   GCAPP works with hundreds of schools in Georgia to provide sexual education training for teachers. For parents who want age-appropriate, medically accurate sex ed learning to continue for their children during this time, our longtime partner, SIECUS, is a great resource.  SIECUS compiled a comprehensive list of credible, online sex education resources for parents to continue age-appropriate sex ed lessons at home. The wide variety of information covers little ones with big questions, healthy relationships videos, webinars to help navigate conversations, faith-based guides, and more!

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