On The Spot: Family activities during quarantine

My family has spent a lot more time together. We obviously can’t go out, so we’ve been having family dinners at home and playing games and stuff. We definitely have a lot more family time and I’m really thankful for it. We actually have conversations and get to know each other. We love watching new movies, watching classic movies, playing games together and listening to music together. My favorite ...

Both of my parents’ jobs have just been moved to work from the house, so they both work weekdays while I do school work and chores. Then we hangout after we finish everything which is usually around two and have fun. We’ve been going out on the boat, playing monopoly, going on bike rides and watching movies. Since we’re not around each other all day, we haven’t gotten annoyed with each other ...

[My family] has spent quarantine mainly just hanging out and eating ice cream. Our family time is different than normal because we have a lot more family time than usual. Our favorite thing to do during quarantine has been to watch movies. We just got a new puppy, so that’s pretty cool.

My family and I have actually been in quarantine since spring break when all of this just started because we wanted to be cautious since we all have asthma, and my dad has it severely. Our mentality for this has been that things should just go as normal with slight changes. So everything has been normal as in we still eat meals together, watch movies and play games. We’ve been going on evening w...

[My family] has tried to maintain as much normalcy as possible by sticking to a normal schedule. Our family time is different because we spend a lot more time together. Normally, we’re not all home at the same time because we are all so busy, and my sisters are in college. So, we haven’t seen them much this semester till now. [To pass the time,] we play a lot of ping pong, foosball, air hockey a...

We have spent time doing yard work like cleaning out the flowerbeds, shaping our trees and mowing the lawn. We are cooking and baking more since we aren’t going out to eat anymore. We have been spending more time together than [we were] while I had school. After we become annoyed with each other, we can’t leave because we’re stuck at the house. I’ve had less time to myself [during this tim...