Alison Curtis: Taking stock of my parenting style after routine returns

Alison Curtis asks if she can be a better parent to her daughter, Joan

Alison Curtis 

This past year has posed so many challenges for parents. We have been tested on multiple fronts, and I think for most of us we have adopted an attitude of just getting through each day was considered enough.

If the kids had ham sandwiches for all their meals, and went to bed in one piece, it was a successful day. If they had four hours on an iPad, we were thinking, so what?