In Their Own Words: Qualitative Study of Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Access or lack of access to concrete support in times of need underscored many of the strengths and challenges, respectively. Participants described interactions between individual protective factors that allowed for safety, stability, or positive experiences. In future community policy creation, policymakers may look at how programs interact and allow families to access multiple protective factors at once, with a critical need for providing these concrete supports.