{"id":6223,"date":"2020-08-10T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/?p=6223"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:36:46","slug":"survey-quarantine-brought-families-closer-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/survey-quarantine-brought-families-closer-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Quarantine Brought 60% of Families Closer Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Sara Hoffman, a 38-year-old mom of two from Omaha, Nebraska<\/a>, learned that her kids’ school was closing and her work was moving to her home for the time being, she was worried.<\/p>\n

“I had no idea how I was going to get work done while also supervising classes for a 13-year-old and a 6-year-old,” Hoffman said. Since her husband’s early-morning shifts at a bakery were still considered essential, she was on her own during work and school hours.<\/p>\n

But as days in quarantine<\/a> turned into weeks and then months, Hoffman said she and her family settled into their new normal. “The 6-year-old is so high energy, we’ve had to get really creative finding ways to keep her entertained — and also wear down some of her energy,” Hoffman explained. “It’s become something the whole family is involved in. We’ve been spending a lot more time together at the park<\/a> in our neighborhood, on hikes, swimming, family bike rides — all kinds of adventures we probably wouldn’t have done otherwise. It’s brought all of us closer together.”<\/p>\n

And Hoffman’s family isn’t unique in that. We wanted to know how quarantine was affecting families who were now spending more time together than they were used to, so we surveyed them. We found that a majority of people say despite some challenges, changes to their routine brought on by the coronavirus pandemic ultimately did make their families closer.<\/p>\n

Our key findings are that<\/b>:<\/p>\n