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As your kids go back to school remotely, experts say that it’s more important than ever to talk to them about how they’re feeling.

Washington PTA director: Not 鈥榚nough time鈥� to prepare for remote learning

That’s the advice of the director of Spokane’s , Aly Gibson, who emphasizes the importance of creating spaces where children are comfortable sharing their feelings.

“I think it’s really important that we create this safe space for our kids to be able to have conversations, to be able to think on ‘how am I doing emotionally?'” Gibson said during an online briefing.

Gibson says kids are extremely social beings. Since most won’t be attending school in person, it’s vital to find ways for them to appropriately connect outside the classroom, while ensuring that they have all the resources they need to effectively learn from afar.

“Talk with your kids about what’s going on — how are you going to learn? How are you going to do your homework? Do you need a space in the house? All the logistics of distance learning,” Gibson said.

She suggests outdoor meetings with friends, while wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Gibson also suggests Zoom meetings with their closest friends.

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“Youth are incredibly social beings, so not going back to school in person is going to impact them,” she noted.

As classes begin to resume, Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 office has urged most schools in Washington state聽to consider enacting distance learning when school resumes in the fall due to the high rate of COVID-19 community transmission in many counties. This was only a recommendation, not a legally binding requirement.

Inslee聽also separated counties聽聽鈥� high risk, moderate risk, and low risk 鈥� in terms of what the plan for in-person classes should be in the fall based on risk. Inslee 鈥渟trongly鈥� recommended distance learning for students at every level in high-risk counties.