Read about an interview Sesame Street’s muppet Grover did with NPR podcast hosts Anya Kamentez and Cory Turner on how kids can stay mentally healthy during the ongoing pandemic.
“Hello, everybody! Hey, all you children and mommies and daddies. I hope you are all safe and well right now!” Grover says at the beginning of the interview. He talks with the hosts on topics ranging from what he does when he misses his friends, how he’s keeping busy and how he’s learning to manage feelings of sadness.
To keep busy, Grover explains he tries to help around the house, make his bed, put his dishes in the sink and pick up his toys. But, he’s also been helping in his neighborhood. “I am a delivery monster, and I go to the grocery store, and I pick up groceries for people who cannot go to the grocery store. I put on my mask and I am very safe. And I pick up groceries and take them to people like Mrs. Crustworthy.
He continues that video chatting has been a great way to talk to his friends when he misses them. “Actually, just before talking to you, I was on with Snuffy. Well…his left eye anyway. It’s kind of hard to see all of him on a little tiny screen,” he mentioned during the interview, adding, “You know, I feel like I’m busier now than I was before. And I am seeing some of my relatives more often, albeit on Zoom or some other video chat. You can play with your friends.
However, even with all the increased video chatting time, Grover has been doing what he can to spend less time on screens, including reading books and daydreaming. “You can play with your toys and use your own imagination. You can go anywhere in your own imagination. Reading a book also is a fun thing to do by yourself. And your mind can go anywhere in a book as well,” he says, continuing. “I do like to daydream.
He ends the interview by reminding listeners that it’s okay to be sad. “It is OK to be sad every now and then—that is only human. Or monster. Everybody who is alive gets sad from time to time, and that is OK. But this is going to pass, and we will all be able to get together and celebrate when we do.”
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