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Parenting in a Pandemic

Parents turn to private "pods" to school children

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Jul 21, 2020

The groups of families are a way to mitigate the cost of schooling at home.

TOPSHOT - Instructor Chablis Torres (C) reads to children in a pre-school class, wearing masks and at desks spaced apart as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020.

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

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