Care-mongering
Amid a fury of negative information has emerged the concept of “Care-mongering”—other-directed, community minded, acts of kindness and care for members of our community. Here are some examples of kindness and care for others during the COVID19 Pandemic:
https://www.mindful.org/an-outpouring-of-kindness-amid-the-covid-19-outbreak/
a. Join the 7pm Tribute to front-line health care workers:
- Every evening at 7:00pm, exhausted health care workers change shifts and are exiting and entering hospitals. Let them know you care by remotely joining friends and family in playing loud music, banging pots and pans, or making other raucous sounds in a serenade of thanks.
- Parents: talk with your child about the experiences of health care workers right now. Help your older child to empathize with others and think about the rights and responsibilities we have in our society and in making a public health care system work.
b. Get to know your own community’s needs.
Over dinner or another time of day, talk with family members about your neighbours. Do you know them? Their names? Their needs or challenges? Can you safely check in with them with respect to social distancing and isolation measures to check in on them or see if they need help with groceries, etc.?
