Coping Goals: Create a COVID-19 Time Capsule
One of the most effective ways to help adapt to a challenge circumstance is to play an active role in telling the story of what is happening. This is also important when coping with significant loss. One idea that many families we work with have found helpful is to create a COVID-19 time capsule. We are all living through history, and documenting what is happening, how we are feeling, and how we are coping can be an empowering way for kids and parents to face these strange times. In addition, a time capsule will help make meaning out of thing we will need to grieve. The process will likely also be fun while creating as well as sharing in the future.
Here is an example of a family friendly time capsule: COVID-19 Time Capsule