Angelina Jolie shared parenting advice during the Coronavirus.
Amid the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, millions of kids are out of schools due to school closures, and millions of adults are out of a job due to furloughs, layoffs, and shelter-in-place orders. All of which puts a lot of pressure of families.
Angelina Jole wrote a letter in TIME’s Parents newsletter to let parents and guardians know they are not alone.
“I am thinking of you,” wrote the mother-of-six. “I am imagining how hard each of you is trying to get through your days. How much you want to lead your loved ones through this. How you worry. How you plan. How you smile for them, when inside you feel at times you are breaking.”
Jolie says, “In fact, I never thought I could be anyone’s mom. I remember the decision to become a parent. It wasn’t hard to love. It wasn’t hard to dedicate myself to someone and something greater than my life. What was hard was knowing that from now on I needed to be the one to make sure everything was okay. To manage it and make it work. From food to school to medical. Whatever would come. And to be patient.”
“I realized I stopped my constant daydreaming, instead of staying always ready for any break into what I was doing or thinking to answer a need. It was a new skill to acquire,” wrote Jolie. “So now, in the midst of this pandemic, I think of all the mothers and fathers with children at home. All hoping they can do everything right, answer all needs, and stay calm and positive.”
Jolie continued, “One thing that has helped me is to know that’s impossible. It is a lovely thing to discover that your children don’t want you perfect. They just want you honest. And doing your best. In fact, the more room they have to be great where you are weak, the stronger they may become. They love you. They want to help you. So in the end, it’s the team you build. And in a way, they are raising you up too. You grow together.”
Last month, Jolie donated $1 million to the nonprofit No Kid Hungry to help support children from low-income families during the Coronavirus school closures.
“As of this week, over a billion children are out of school worldwide because of closures linked to coronavirus,” said Jolie at the time. “Many children depend on the care and nutrition they receive during school hours, including nearly 22 million children in America who rely on food support. No Kid Hungry is making resolute efforts to reach as many of those children as possible.”
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