I live in Denmark where all schools and childcare facilities closed end of last week. Most people are told to work from home, pubs, restaurants etc. are closed and so on.
I'm now wfh with my kids, age 3 and 5. DH still going to work, bizarre situation, but he works for a small company, only 7 people, who insist people still come into the office and he's freelance so won't get a penny if he's not going in.
Trying to work with the kids around is pretty much impossible and super stressful - have quite a lot of tasks and most directly related to the political implications of the Corona crisis so quite urgent - so I end up becoming snappy with them , they watch too much TV and fight all the time etc.
Already after 1 week we are pretty much all loosing our sanity - I try to stay strong and calm (meditate, go for walks with them and spend time in the garden, get sleep etc.) but thsi whole situation is already affecting them. DD is 5 and has always been a calm girl, she is now going into hysterics frequently, and started peeing in her pants. She never had any accidents and was potty trained at 2,5 very easily, so I am guessing it is a mental reaction to the situation. She is so distressed and confused when it happens, it breaks my heart. DS, 3, is asking when he can see his nursery friends all the time and is getting whiny and frustrated not spending enough time outside as DD hates being outside and all he wants is to race around in the park and pretend he's a t-rex - their needs are so different. Today we went for a short walk to the park and he spotted a dad with two boys his age there and ran up to them and wanted to play, the dad let them chase each other a bit - never closer than two meters - but when he started to walk closer to them I had to tell him he wasn't allowed. He was so confused. Just a few examples. I'm so worried this is really going to scar them probably because I'm stressed out and worried myself so they can feel it.
How are your children coping and what do you do to reassure them? Pls. no judgy posts about me admitting I get snappy, I know that's not great and doing what I can not to, but have suffered from depression in the past and this whole situation is putting my mental health under strain, so not always handling it as well as I could - also, pls., no posts saying I shouldn't take the kids to the park as the guidelines here are this is allowed if you keep distance of two meters.