My parents have been trying to run our house like a military base while under quarantine.

This is the message that my father taped to our fridge:

MEMORANDUM To: Residents of [Address] From: Management Re: Coronavirus Response Date: March 18, 2020 Dear Residents: We have noticed a dramatic uptick in defiance, rebellion and negative attitude in the residents of this building. All proposals for structure and a collaborative response to this have, to date, been rejected. This could go on for a long time, and you should probably get used to it. Before coming to bitch at us about anything else, please take the following points into consideration: 1. This coronavirus pandemic is not about you. 2. This is NOT spring break. 3. Everything you have access to – internet, the drinks you're about to take from the fridge, the snacks you take to your room in direct defiance of our house rules - are because we provide them to you. 4. If you can find ways to be part of the solution rather than the problem, you will have massive blocks of internet access - 8AM-11AM; 2PM-4PM; 7PM-9PM. We would like you to use the gaps in that time - 11AM-1PM and 4-7PM to engage with us, help with meals, help keep the house clean and in order, and do things other than sit on your devices. 5. Do NOT come ask us for more time until you have asked yourselves what you have done today: a. To be helpful to the household b. To keep up with schoolwork c. To consider – and help address - the plight of others. d. To maintain your physical fitness, e. To be creative Weeks, months, years from now, people will look back on this time and ask themselves how they spent this time. Hopefully, you'll not look back on this as a time when you focused on how "mean" and "unfair" your parents were. How people react in tough times will define your character for the rest of your life; how do you want to define yourself? If you have something to say to us that is positive and constructive, please come talk to us. If you have complaints, please email [email protected].