As the schools have been forced to close and most children will need to stay at home,without attending usual group activities they will quite rightly start to ask questions about why.
Because I have NO medical training this is not based on medical facts; these are just my thoughts and advice to parents and carers:-
Stay calm yourself( if children sense that you are worried they will become more anxious about the situation) while you are honest and open with the younger members of your family, Let them ask questions and answer as honestly as you can.
I would explain that if they catch the virus, they will recover just like when they caught the chicken pox.
Monitor what children are watching and listening to on the television and radio ( the media reports have scared me, let alone children).
Explain that the best way of preventing catching this germ is hand washing, tell children to sing a song such as’ happy birthday to you’ while they are washing their hands and not to stop until the song is finished- ensuring that they have washed for long enough and effectively.
Stay well and try not to panic; we can get through this!
As always questions and comments are welcome.
Until next time.
Karen
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Staying calm is the key thing. Like you say Karen it’s scary enough for us let alone the children.
It’s going to be tough being so isolated , I’m worried about the social aspect of it all, children are very sociable and all this time away from others may have a detrimental effect, especially if you have only one child .
Yes, it’s key not to let our imaginations get ahead of reality on this one!
I’ve just focused on our responsibility of not spreading it – the youngest is fine but the teens having their social contact curbed is harder. One is very upset about not being able to go to school – and it’s not cos of the learning. #GlobalBlogging
It’s so tough on the little ones but i agree we should definitely remain calm and also monitor what they are seeing on TV. #StayClassyMama
My kids are older so they have understood a bit more and we did actually talk about viruses as part of homeschool too, so it was interesting from that point of view. Protecting them from worry and fear is very important though. Thank you for sharing #stayclassymama