(Lindsay Bird/ CBC News) — The long days of Alert Level 5 in eastern Newfoundland are testing the limits of some parents of young children, as one mom calls her current situation similar to “survival mode,” as she struggles to balance family, career, and mental health.
Her house is a noisy one, with three children under the age of five, all out of daycare and at home. Her husband wakes early to get in some hours working from home as she handles child care, before they trade off and she settles into her corner of the house-turned-office.
“I’m not gonna lie. Our first week in lockdown was a bit of a mess. There were some tears from everyone,” said Chelsea, a pseudonym. CBC is not naming her to protect her identity as she speaks about mental health. (…)