15 kids get hilariously honest about quarantine life

15 kids get hilariously honest about quarantine life

Quarantining at home with kids isn’t easy for any of us, but it’s what we have to do to slow the spread of coronavirus. But no one says everyone has to like it. In fact, if you’re really in the mood for some truth-telling, just ask the kids about life in lockdown. Fair warning, though, no candy coating ahead — here’s what 15 kids really have to say about “staying home.”

1. The kids are over us.

2. Really, really over us.

3. They’re chomping at the bit for more “quality family time.”

4. Especially if they involve another “family walk.”

https://twitter.com/mommymemejeans/status/1247319804274282497

5. And if they have to do one. more. Zoom …

6. In fact, this new kind of socializing is getting a little strange.

7. At times, it’s getting a little ugly …

8. And our kids might be getting way way way too serious.

9. Oh man, they’re starting to act like us.

10. And talk like us.

https://twitter.com/pastapotamus/status/1245510447698079744

11. And use our own tricks against us!

12. Wait, they might actually be getting smarter in quarantine.

13. They might be planning an uprising.

14. They’re even threatening to declare war!

https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/1252685070806048768

15. But, you know, when they nail it, they really nail it …

Sheri Reed, Managing Editor

Expertise:
Parenting, Creative Writing

Education:
MFA in Creative Writing, Mills College

Highlights:
• Care.com Senior Manager, Editor
• Former Managing Editor for CafeMom
• Birdwatcher

Experience:
Sheri Reed is a writer and editor with more than a decade's experience leading editorial teams.