OT: How are the kids doing?

My daughter is an attorney, she is mostly working from home.  Except for those damn court appearances.  She is doing well though.  My son is a plumber/welder, he got laid off.  Drawing unemployment now and eating himself out of house and home.  He is doing well also.

Daughter and SIL are RNs at one of the first hospitals in our state to see community spread covid and since they are both young were thrust into the role of being the covid canaries.  the older doctors and nursing staff would stay outside the quarantine area and instruct them via radio,  they are both healthy and doing fine and are finally getting a chance to get away after a few months of pretty intense stuff.

My son got a new job just before the outbreak and has been working steady in HVAC the whole time,   40+ hours every week and was told a week ago or so to just plan on at least 45-50 hours a week going forward.

SD didnt do the mandatory shut down of everything route and as a result our economy didnt get its ass kicked as bad as some others have that went nuclear.  Our economy isnt great right now,  but that has more to do with the Ag industry being on its ass (weather and political shit)  than anything related the virus.

My 19 year old who suffers from PTSD, Anxiety and a merrid of other issues struggled about 3 weeks into this crap.  She asked to be furloughed from her job because she was over whelmed, more so by the customers and their idiocy (she works at a large convenience store).  She went back part time last week and is doing pretty good.  She was a loaner for the last 3 years so the social distancing thing did not really change much for her... in my opinion she is out and about more.  She has always done thing her way... drives her mother nuts. 

My 14 year old has been a trooper but the isolation was really getting to her.  She started baby sitting 3-4 days a week starting last week (school officially ended) and now the boredom has been replace with exhaustion because she is busy all day long.  She is really looking forward to this weekend and getting some semblance of the old normal (we are going camping).

My wife works at a nursing home and she has seen the most change.  While the facility has thankfully been clean of the the virus the cattiness of her coworkers has shown the mental states have been affected.  

My kid graduated college but didnt get to walk obviously. Found  a living wage job in financial services in LA and is looking for housing while working. We are blessed to have held onto our jobs. 

It has been more difficult for many of the peer group though, many are heading back home to live with parental units to get cover for this employment catatrophe. These kids went from looking at the best job market in 50 years to the worst in the 2 months prior to graduation 

My boys are doing fine...  B)
 

@"Kentis" said: My boys are doing fine...  B)  

To everyone else? Hang in there with the kids regardless of their age and coping skills (or lack of). We parents have to be like these boulders in the waves; steadfast, strong and always there...Not easy sometimes, that's for sure. 

Scary times to be a new college grad as the economy went from being the strongest in decades to devastation. Or an incoming Fall freshman as universities are scrambling to set up some kind of hybrid on-campus/remote situation. 

@"StickyBun" said: Scary times to be a new college grad as the economy went from being the strongest in decades to devastation. Or an incoming Fall freshman as universities are scrambling to set up some kind of hybrid on-campus/remote situation. 

This might be a great year for a kid not quite ready for college to do a little juco from home 

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Scary times to be a new college grad as the economy went from being the strongest in decades to devastation. Or an incoming Fall freshman as universities are scrambling to set up some kind of hybrid on-campus/remote situation. 

Or a parent sending your kid to a dorm??? 

This might be a great year for a kid not quite ready for college to do a little juco from home 

My son has been fortunate and so has his girlfriend: haven't been impacted at all and won't be. Tech and a fully funded non-profit are 2 good places to be working right now. 

I'm old enough to have adult kids, but I have 13 year old twins. Both miss their friends, but their biggest stress points are when we're out of ice cream and when the wifi goes down and they can't check in on their favorite tik tokker or youtuber. 

I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

I do feel bad for all those young people who worked their asses off to graduate college only to find themselves six digits in debt, waiting tables and now out of work. Still think 100% of the stimulus should've gone to the unemployed. 

@"MaroonBells" said: I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

@"MaroonBells" said: I'm old enough to have adult kids, but I have 13 year old twins. Both miss their friends, but their biggest stress points are when we're out of ice cream and when the wifi goes down and they can't check in on their favorite tik tokker or youtuber. 

I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

I do feel bad for all those young people who worked their asses off to graduate college only to find themselves six digits in debt, waiting tables and now out of work. Still think 100% of the stimulus should've gone to the unemployed. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said: I'm old enough to have adult kids, but I have 13 year old twins. Both miss their friends, but their biggest stress points are when we're out of ice cream and when the wifi goes down and they can't check in on their favorite tik tokker or youtuber. 

I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

I do feel bad for all those young people who worked their asses off to graduate college only to find themselves six digits in debt, waiting tables and now out of work. Still think 100% of the stimulus should've gone to the unemployed. 

we can agree that those that needed it the most didnt get enough,  but the new problem is getting people to go back to work.  in some areas they are finding that the lower wage earners are making more with their state unemployment plus the $600 from the feds so even though they are wanted back at work they are not wanting to go back and make less.

@"Bullazin" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said: I'm old enough to have adult kids, but I have 13 year old twins. Both miss their friends, but their biggest stress points are when we're out of ice cream and when the wifi goes down and they can't check in on their favorite tik tokker or youtuber. 

I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

I do feel bad for all those young people who worked their asses off to graduate college only to find themselves six digits in debt, waiting tables and now out of work. Still think 100% of the stimulus should've gone to the unemployed. 

we can agree that those that needed it the most didnt get enough,  but the new problem is getting people to go back to work.  in some areas they are finding that the lower wage earners are making more with their state unemployment plus the $600 from the feds so even though they are wanted back at work they are not wanting to go back and make less.

States need to enforce the looking for work provision. Which i believe they do. seasonal workers make out the best in the current system

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Bullazin" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said: I'm old enough to have adult kids, but I have 13 year old twins. Both miss their friends, but their biggest stress points are when we're out of ice cream and when the wifi goes down and they can't check in on their favorite tik tokker or youtuber. 

I do have a 24 year old girlfriend though. Does that count? She's fine. Brilliant data analyst gainfully employed. Her only problem is that she don't remember queen of soul...or New Order or REM or...

I do feel bad for all those young people who worked their asses off to graduate college only to find themselves six digits in debt, waiting tables and now out of work. Still think 100% of the stimulus should've gone to the unemployed. 

we can agree that those that needed it the most didnt get enough,  but the new problem is getting people to go back to work.  in some areas they are finding that the lower wage earners are making more with their state unemployment plus the $600 from the feds so even though they are wanted back at work they are not wanting to go back and make less.

States need to enforce the looking for work provision. Which i believe they do. seasonal workers make out the best in the current system

it puts employers in a tough spot, especially the ones that have taken funds tied to bringing those employees back.  On one hand they know they their employees are likely better off right now,  but on the other hand if they dont report them as refusing to return to work they are going to be penalized for not taking that employee back when they reopened.   That the problem with programs that are created in times of disaster is often there isnt an exit plan created at the same time,  now how does the govt get people back to work at a lower pay rate without just killing the program and leaving a lot of needy people in a bad place?

My 25 y.o. daughter is a store manager at Starbuck. She went to college but I don't think she even completed a semester. Her starbucks never shut down in all this and she's never missed a day of work.
My 82 y.o. mom lives down the road from me. She hasn't been any where since mid-march. I take groceries and restaurant food to her. She does a lot of online shopping. 
I haven't missed any work since March 7th. I'm ready for a vaca