Family and friends of the missing Connecticut mom are trying to preserve a sense of normalcy for her five children — and keep the youngsters away from the news.

Jennifer Dulos, 50, was reported missing on May 24.

“The kids are staying offline,” said a family source. “We are not watching TV at all.

“Like any kid, they want to watch funny YouTube videos and some of them are sports-obsessed, but they understand why they can’t,” the source added.

Despite the new rules, the kids, ages 8 to 13 — who have been ensconced at their maternal grandmother Gloria Farber’s Fifth Avenue apartment — aren’t being kept entirely in the dark.

“We are sharing with them, as is age appropriate, what we know — because that is only fair to them. They want to know where their mother is and what is happening. They miss their mother terribly,” the source said.

The children have not had any contact with their father, Fotis, 51, since Jennifer’s disappearance. He was arrested on June 1 for allegedly tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and for hindering prosecution.

Surveillance footage caught Fotis and girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, 44, with whom he had a yearlong affair while married to Jennifer, making 30 stops in Hartford the night Jennifer went missing — disposing of bags filled with items, including Jennifer’s bloodstained garments and bloody sponges. Fotis’ DNA was also found mixed with Jennifer’s blood on the kitchen-sink faucet in her New Canaan home. Fotis and Michelle both pleaded not guilty and were each released on $500,00 bail.

Earlier this month, Farber, 85, filed a motion seeking custody of her daughter’s children. “They are now her world and focus,” said the source. “She is with them every day and every night.”

The family’s main priority is to provide the kids with “stability and support.”

“They have a routine, but with a good amount of unstructured play time, as well,” said the source.

While school was still in session, the five kids Skyped into lessons with their teachers at New Canaan Country School.

The source says that since school’s been let out, the siblings have been taking part in organized sports, as well as arts and enrichment classes in Manhattan, but declined to give specifics for safety reasons. They have had playdates and sleepovers at Farber’s apartment, too.

“They are doing the activities they love and are exploring the world as children,” said the source.

The kids have received an outpouring of support from classmates, teachers, coaches and complete strangers, who have sent letters and photos of their mother, according to the source.

“All the members of one of the boy’s lacrosse team painted his number on their foreheads,” added the source. “They sent him photos of that. It was really cool and thoughtful.”

The source says there is confusion and sadness and uncertainty among the five children, but that they “are receptive, well-adjusted and resilient. They are really impressive kids.”

Jennifer’s inner circle has sought advice from professionals to ensure that they are handling the situation with the utmost care.

“This is completely unexpected and unprecedented for every one of us and we have to use our best instincts and are working hand-in-hand with experts to figure out what is the best way to be honest with the kids,” said the source.

“The older children have a different curiosity and seem to have a different awareness of what might have happened. We make sure they learn things pretty much as we learn them.”

On Wednesday, more than a month after his wife disappeared, Fotis made his first public statement outside a Stamford courthouse, telling reporters: “I just want to tell my children that they’re constantly on my mind and that I love them and miss them very much.”

He’s been spotted jogging, hoverboarding and dining on sushi at a New Canaan restaurant since being released from jail on June 11.

While the siblings have not been able to resume their normal day-to-day lives, they have found solace in one another.

“Jennifer felt very strongly that her children needed to learn to function as a unit and support each other,” said the source, “and they do that incredibly well.”