How the Pandemic Sparked an Identity Crisis in My High-schooler

And The Counterintuitive Approach I Used To Handle It

Photo by Pedro da Silva on Unsplash

Before the pandemic arrived, I was managing my sixteen-year-old just fine, thank you very much. He is Son №2 (and Kid №4), and, when the Coronavirus started its sweep of the planet, I had what I thought was some pretty healthy and solid infrastructure around him.