Therapists Say It’s Okay to Use Pandemic Guilt on Your Parents

Even eight months in, this can still be so touchy

Anna Maltby
Elemental
Published in
2 min readNov 24, 2020

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Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

Back in March, you may have noticed an odd… apathy? complacency? willful ignorance? among family members of a certain age — people who, despite being among the most vulnerable to Covid-19 (we knew this even then!), seemed generally unworried about the whole thing. Whatever has…

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Anna Maltby
Elemental

Editor and writer. Past: Elemental, Real Simple, Refinery29, SELF. Certified personal trainer; prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist. Cat & person mom.