Parent Support Network
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KFYG’s Parent Support Network offers tailor-made services to meet family needs. Findings of two surveys highlight the isolation and pressures felt during the pandemic.
Ten tips for parents
Pressure due to COVID-19 ● 300 parents replied.
● Nearly 60% feel stressed. ● Over 70% feel the negative impact of such stress with: • 18.5% feel anxious • 17.6% feel helpless • 16.6% feel nervous Main sources of pressure
● Take an active interest in online learning ● Support children whenever they need help ● Communicate with teachers where possible ● Try to give feedback on progress and development ● Offer helpful suggestions about the learning process ● Try to keep to a daily routine ● Use the timetable from school or set one yourself
● 19.5% Sourcing anti-epidemic supplies
● Make time for better parent-child relationships
● 16.7% Finding out about public health related to the epidemic
● Check on wellbeing, encourage taking exercise ● Find out all you can about home hygiene
Key problems
More help
● Missing foreign domestic helpers who could not return to Hong Kong
● psn.hkfyg.hk/news/detail/2269/ ● psn.hkfyg.hk/news/detail/2179/
● Absence of husbands who could not leave mainland China because of work
● psn.hkfyg.hk/news/detail/2197/
● No help from relatives and friends
● psn.hkfyg.hk/news/detail/2205/
● Frictions at home due to social distancing rules
● psn.hkfyg.hk/news/detail/2258/
Economic downturn and wellbeing ● 310 parents replied
● Nearly 70% said they usually feel nervous now about the economic downturn ● Over half suffer from insomnia and/or anxiety ● About half found it difficult to afford household expenses
Enquiries about HKFYG’s Parent Support Network WhatsApp 6811 2959 Website psn.hkfyg.hk/ Contact Jessica Ling 2402 9230
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