About Pandemic Parenting

Our mission is to share science-based knowledge, experience, and resources with parents and caregivers navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that are immediately accessible and useful.

Our Story | Our Team

Who We Are

Pandemic Parenting began as a collaboration between Dr. Amanda Zelechoski and Dr. Lindsay Malloy: two psychologists, scholars, and moms who are committed to sharing their expertise and research with families.

Pandemic Parenting was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in operation from 2020-2022 and worked swiftly during the COVID-19 years to create and disseminate free, innovative, easily accessible, science-based resources for parents, caregivers, and providers. Having fulfilled its crisis-responsive, time-limited mission, the organization closed its virtual doors at the end of 2022, but the 500+ digital, video, and audio resources will remain freely available for many years to come

The information provided on this website is intended for educational purposes only. No professional or clinical relationship is established by engaging with any of the resources provided by Pandemic Parenting.

Our Story

As psychologists, professors, and researchers, we spend much of our time studying how negative experiences impact children and the many ways children communicate their needs and emotions. And, as moms, we have been struggling right along with all of you to figure out how to adequately meet our children’s needs in the midst of a global pandemic.

We cope by doing what we know how to do best — conducting research. We each spent 2020 gathering data on how COVID-19 is impacting hundreds of families in the U.S. and Canada. As the pandemic stretched on, we felt it important that we share the preliminary findings from our research to help families now.

We created Pandemic Parenting to provide a platform where we and other experts can share science-based knowledge, experience, and resources. Whether it’s through our podcast, webinars, blogs, or social media, we want to meet you where you’re at with tools you can use to navigate this pandemic.

Sincerely,

Dr. Lindsay Malloy & Dr. Amanda Zelechoski
Pandemic Parenting Co-Founders

Lindsay Malloy, Ph.D.

Dr. Lindsay Malloy is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Ontario Tech University, specializing in developmental and forensic psychology. She is the Director of the Development, Context, and Communication Lab and her research addresses how, why, and to whom children and teens disclose negative or traumatic experiences, as well as factors that influence children’s memory, deception, and narratives. She frequently provides expert testimony and consultation related to children’s communication about and memory of difficult events. Dr. Malloy is also a wife and mother of two young children trying to navigate all of the COVID-19 uncertainty with a little help from chocolate and Disney Plus.

Amanda Zelechoski, J.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Amanda Zelechoski is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and attorney, specializing in trauma. She is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of Clinical Training at Purdue University Northwest, where she conducts research on the impact of childhood trauma at the intersection of psychology, law, and public policy. She is board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, has worked clinically with adults, children, and families, and provides training and consultation to numerous mental health, legal, educational, and child welfare agencies. Most importantly, she is a wife and mom of three young children, just trying to make sure her kids have clothes on when they bust into her virtual meetings.