//Americans brace for new life of no school, growing dread

Americans brace for new life of no school, growing dread

Millions of Americans braced for the week ahead with no school for their children for weeks to come, no clue how to effectively do their jobs without child care and a growing sense of dread about how to stay safe and sane amid the relentless spread of the coronavirus.Are play dates for the kids OK? How do you stock up on supplies when supermarket shelves are bare? How do you pay the bills when your work hours have been cut? Is it safe to go to the gym? And how do you plan for the future with no idea what it holds? “Today looks so different from yesterday, and you just don’t know what tomorrow is going to look like,” said Christie Bauer, a family photographer and mother of three school-age children in West Linn, Oregon. Tens of millions of students nationwide have been sent home from school amid a