Pediatricians and other health experts offer their best advice about covid anxiety and vaccines for parents and students as the academic year approaches.
, how should parents handle kids’ continuing fears or stresses about covid-19? What can parents say or do to ease their anxiety? What are you doing with your own kids?I think we have to model the good behavior that can best keep us safe, including vaccination and wearing a mask. This also includes taking care of one another and not going out if you are sick. We can demonstrate that, if you do that, you are generally protected, which can be very reassuring to children.
The covid pandemic has challenged me as a parent. I was hesitant to take my children to in-person day care and school, but eventually and cautiously I took them — out of necessity. Over this last year, I saw how important in-person learning was for all of them: My 11-year-old son struggled with virtual schooling and my now 3-year-old needed several months to adjust when finally returning to day care with social emotional delays that weren’t obvious until that transition.
Children need honest and genuine answers without too many details and to know they are safe. Let them know you are protecting them the best way possible by keeping them in in-person learning, vaccinating, wearing masks and testing, while reminding them they are loved and supported.Gabrielle Virgo, a Silver Spring, Md., pediatrician:
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