Table 3.

Primary Interview Themes with Representative quotes.

Section	Similarities (S) or Differences (D)	Theme	Risk Perception Construct	Quote 1	Quote 2
Covid-19 Impact	Similarity	Shared Difficulty	–	“When it [Covid-19] first happened last spring, it was terrible. None of us parents knew what we were doing. The teachers didn’t know what they were doing. None of the work was really aimed at what the children were learning, it was just stuff thrown [at them]. ‘Here. Do this.’” –CR Parent #14	“I have another toddler here, so it’s hard for me to bounce back and forth with her school work and taking care of him [toddler], the tantrums etc. It’s hard to really focus and give her the attention that she needs when she has questions or needs some assistance.” -ER Parent #4 “As everything was opening back up people were trying to go back to work. The job my wife had wasn’t going back, it wasn’t a call back type of job. [Unfortunately] they were one of the ones [businesses] that weren’t making it after Covid.” -ER Parent #1
Coping Strategies	Similarity	Support at higher ecological levels- Emotional Social Support	–	“I have a sister that lives in Missouri. And I mean, she's not physically related to me, but she's always there when I need somebody to talk to.” -CR Parent #13	“Yeah, mainly my sister, my older sister, I talk to her every day. I mean, I feel like we both kind of support each other during this process.” -ER Parent #2
		Interpersonal-Childcare Support	–	“We have friends who will watch the kids for us if we need them to.” -ER Parent #3	“My mom came down and visited for a while. It wasn’t really like financial support, and it was more of a ‘let me help you with the kids for a couple weeks.’” -CR Parent #12
		Interpersonal-Healthy Habits	–	“We got back into yoga because I had more time at home. My daughter’s dance studio offered classes that we were able to attend. [We] are just trying to stay active and keep a positive spin on it.” -CR Parent #9	“We also exercise and we will go bike riding as a family in the afternoon to release that stress. It really helps us…to come in contact with nature and just feel better.” -ER Parent #2
		Community- School meal assistance	–	“The school system did a free program with food. So that [really] did assist and help…with being able to have a little bit more food in the home.” -ER Parent #5	“We received these EBT cards [from the school] for each one of the kids because they had been enrolled in the reduce meal program. Each one had a certain amount of money on it, so it was helpful to pay for groceries. because we weren’t used to having them home all the time.” -CR Parent #11
Coping Strategies	Differences	Variable Intrapersonal Support	–	“Honestly, I have taken to overeating. I am eating my feelings.” -CR Parent #8 “I am one of those [people] who internalize everything. I am not the best on mental health.” -CR Parent #10	“I’m actually focusing on positive things; I do a lot of reading that deals with being mindful and learning gratification. I try to not look at the worst situation, just keep a positive [outlook] knowing that each day is a gift.” -ER Parent #2
Family Risk of Covid-19	Similarity	Variable Risk	Control over Risk	“It is a little bit of an increased risk because I’m a nurse, I’m exposed to it every day. But as long as I’m doing what I’m supposed to do [following precautions], I’ve made sure that my risk of bringing it home to my loved ones is very low.” -CR Parent #9	“Oh my goodness, without the precautionary measures that we take, I will say high because you just don’t know who is asymptomatic.” -ER Parent #5
			Common Dread	“Well, I went back and forth. When it [Covid-19] started we were scared, we went on lock down. We kept our kids home, we didn’t go to church and did grocery store pick-up. But you start going in waves [feeling fatigued with precautions], you can stress out with all that. But today, we still take a lot of precautions.” -ER Parent #1	“We were scared at first because we didn’t know what was going on. But month after month, you saw the news, you look at the numbers, and your friends telling you that somebody died from Covid. It kind of became less frustrating. It reached the point of this is everyday life now. This is something that we just have to deal with until something happens.” -CR Parent #17
		Variable Risk- Mental Health Risk		“It is a little bit of an increased risk because I’m a nurse, I’m exposed to it every day. But as long as I’m doing what I’m supposed to do, I’ve made sure that my risk of bringing it home to my loved ones is very low.” -CR Parent #9	“He didn’t want to go out and be around other people because of his asthma. We don’t know a lot about Covid, but we do know that it does attack the respiratory [system].” -ER Parent #5
Family Risk of Covid-19	Differences	Uncertainty- Discomfort	Knowledge about Risk	“I really don’t know. It’s so hard to really navigate all of the stuff you read on the news and in the media. What’s true and what’s not true. What’s really a risk? I don’t know.” -ER Parent #3	“You never know if someone is coming to work sick or if other children are coming to daycare sick. You just don’t know. Since he [toddler] can’t communicate with me, I just don’t feel comfortable right now.” -ER Parent #4
Summer Programming Risk of Covid-19	Differences	Potency of Precautions	Control over Risk	“Well I mean if the precautions are taken and they have all the safety things in place, I think the risk is really low.” -CR Parent #13
	Differences	Continuum of Risk (Low Risk)	Common Risk	“I would still send my child [to a summer camp] because it’s the same risk as going to the store, church, or school.” -ER Parent #6
	Differences	Continuum of Risk (High Risk)	Common Risk	“I really do believe it's high until they come out with a vaccine that's an FDA approved and that’s safe to administer to the kids.” -ER Parent #2
	Differences	Continuum of Risk (Contingent risk)	Common Risk	“Finances are a challenge to sending my child to camp because we’re on a very tight budget…So it would be tough, but we would still try to put our children in [camp], if we possibly can because I feel that it’s [important] for children to communicate with other children their age and do different activities.” -ER Parent #4
	Differences	Continuum of Risk (Uncertainty)	Common Risk	“It’s [risk of attending summer programming] hard to say because the information we’re getting from the media contradicts itself at times. So honestly…I just don’t know. I don’t know what the risks are.” -ER Parent #4
Safe Summer Camp	Similarities	Safe Precautions are necessary	–	“Probably limit the children maybe. I noticed that when she was in summer camp last year there was a lot of kids. So maybe limit [the number of] kids if they’re going to be with counselors.” -CR Parent #17 “If you can stop the spread using social distancing, then why would you have to wear the added mask? Would I send him [son] to a camp where he had to wear a mask all the time? No, because he is not comfortable wearing a mask eight hours a day.” -CR Parent #15	“I feel like a summer camp [should] properly ensure that workspaces and things that are touched are sanitized. And that the kids are frequently washing and sanitizing their hands.” -ER Parent #3
Safe Summer Camp	Differences	Decision to enroll- Depends on multiple factors	–	“It [summer program enrollment] more than likely will be an option, but it all depends on if I’m still working from home.” -CR Parent #17	“It [summer program enrollment] would depend on finances because I actually did take a pay cut switching over to a different school district.” -CR Parent #10