We all recall the beginning of COVID when everyone was being told to isolate at home with their families, and this is exactly where this week’s story begins. This week’s story is about a 3-and-a-half-year-old named Norah and her imaginary rainbow family. At the start of the pandemic, Katlynn was heavily pregnant with her third child, and they were forced to stay totally isolated as a family for quite a while. Two months into quarantine, Norah calls for a family dinner and has an announcement: she isn’t part of this family, she is part of her rainbow family, the one that lives in the clouds.

Norah’s rainbow family was always on some amazing adventure that was way cooler than what Katlynn’s family was doing in their daily lives. The rainbow family helped Norah navigate periods of isolation at the beginning of COVID and even death as COVID got worse. The rainbow family was super cool and eventually, her rainbow family became a leverage tool she tried to use with her actual human mom. In this episode, hear more about Norah’s rainbow family and how Katlynn managed this imaginary family her daughter had created. Learn how the rainbow family progressed over the years, how the real family dealt with it, and where Norah is now with regard to her rainbow family.

“We thought this was probably just her way of coping with being in lockdown. Her rainbow family sounded like everything we did as a family before COVID, so we figured this must just be her way of coping.” - Katlynn

In This Episode:

- Find out why it became so hard for Katlynn and her family to compete with the rainbow family.

- Hear the struggles Katlynn faced as she navigated helping her children cope with a pandemic that affected everyone.

- Katlynn shares how Norah’s rainbow family taught her to navigate and process death.

- Even after COVID, the rainbow family stuck around. Here’s how it changed…

- Learn how to use Katlynn’s experience of a rainbow family if your child has an imaginary world.

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