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with another family through
FaceTime,
” said Jill Kofender
of West Bloomfield, who is
hunkered down with her teen-
agers, Chloe, 16, and Adin,
13. “It was so much fun and
something I had never even
considered. My kids are hav-
ing a hard time understanding
why I’
m keeping them at
home and not letting them see
their friends in person. I’
m
merely trying to do my part so
we can get back to life as we
know it.
”
Liam Weckstein, 6, of
West Bloomfield is enjoying
virtual art classes (with real
art supplies at home) via a
studio in Cincinnati. Laila
Zalesin, 10, of Berkley is
taking online songwriting
and ukulele lessons with Blue
Balloon Songwriting in New
York. Stacy and Kevin Brand
of White Lake connected
their daughter Madison, 6,
with a dozen children in her
Girl Scout troop on video
chat. Ari Zimmerman, 13, of
Commerce Township com-
pleted karate testing virtually
for a black belt with American
Allstars.
“When you’
re not an adult,
missing out on daily activities
and events is much harder
to accept and process,
” Ari’
s
mom, Aimee Silberblatt
Zimmerman, said. “We all
have to make profound adjust-
ments and truly try to focus
on what we’
re grateful for. It’
s
also going to be a time I want
to teach my children things
I think they take for granted.
This is a great time to learn
how to scramble your own
egg, do your own laundry, sew
a button and change linens.
”
Rose Garber of Bloomfield
Hills, an outpatient behavioral
health therapist, makes daily
lists of tasks she wants to com-
plete. Her husband, Vadim
Garber, a web developer for
Dominos, is working from
home like so many others. She
keeps their 11-month-old son,
Isaac, busy by going for walks,
finger-painting, playing with
toys and listening to music.
“Every Wednesday we usu-
ally do Rock ’
N Read with
Jfamily, a reading and music
class at Next Step Broadway
in Southfield,
” Garber said.
“They’
ve been offering it vir-
tually; we’
re logging in and
doing it.
”
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Madison Brand, 6, has
a video chat with her
Girl Scout troop.
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