How should parents talk to kids about returning to school amid Covid-19
4 years, 3 months ago

How should parents talk to kids about returning to school amid Covid-19

India Today  

With the imposition of lockdown taken to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus the lifestyle of not only working professionals but school children got remodelled so that we can carry on with the routine activities. The parents should guide them to credible websites like UNICEF and WHO which are repositories for the verified information and would help in allaying fear when the children would rejoin school. Create awareness about healthcare facilities: The regular dissemination of information about the fatality rates with goring images through the television may intrude your living room to present a gloomy picture, and children may not fathom the reality, but reassuring the child about the steps the medical fraternity is taking is imperative. How to motivate children amid pandemic: While the Union health ministry has stated that the children from containment zones will not be allowed to attend classes, the parents should make their wards realise the outbreak will not engulf everyone and they are present to keep them safe. It could also happen that the child who may not join the class due to spike in the Covid-19 positive cases may feel disheartened and bored, but staying at home would also keep their buddies safe.

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NANA AKUA: Covid lockdowns took a terrible toll on my three-year-old son. It was like he’d been replaced by a zombie
10 months, 1 week ago

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Daily Mail  

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2 years, 2 months ago

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Associated Press  

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2 years, 8 months ago

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News 18  

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News 18  

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Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home

India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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2 years, 11 months ago

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India Today  

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2 years, 11 months ago

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Live Mint  

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Chicago teachers accept COVID-19 safety deal, keeping kids in school
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LA Times  

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COVID vaccines for ages 5 to 11 start today but can schools open safely in the shadow of Omicron?
3 years ago

COVID vaccines for ages 5 to 11 start today but can schools open safely in the shadow of Omicron?

ABC  

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3 years, 2 months ago

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Live Mint  

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3 years, 3 months ago

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The Independent  

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What we know about COVID-19 in kids and the risks of returning to school
3 years, 3 months ago

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ABC  

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How to help your kids transition to secondary school after a pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

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The Independent  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Live Mint  

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3 years, 4 months ago

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News 18  

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Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO
3 years, 4 months ago

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India TV News  

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How To Help Kids Cope With Being The Only Mask-Wearer In School
3 years, 4 months ago

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Huff Post  

blackCAT via Getty Images When Nicholas, 35, sent his son to third grade earlier this month, he did a lot of the usual getting prepared — buying back-to-school supplies, talking to his son about the friends and teachers he was excited to see again. “We’re telling him we’re doing everything we can to keep him and other kids safe.” Countless …

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India TV News  

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How kids can stay safer at school despite Delta variant threat
3 years, 4 months ago

How kids can stay safer at school despite Delta variant threat

LA Times  

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Florida kids head back to school amid COVID-19 surge
3 years, 4 months ago

Florida kids head back to school amid COVID-19 surge

Associated Press  

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3 years, 5 months ago

India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back

The Hindu  

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Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid
3 years, 5 months ago

Should schools be reopened? Data shows children least vulnerable to Covid

India Today  

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UNICEF, WHO chief scientist urge Govts across the world to prioritise reopening of schools
3 years, 5 months ago

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Op India  

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Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends All Kids Wear Masks In School This Fall
3 years, 5 months ago

Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends All Kids Wear Masks In School This Fall

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Monday that all children over the age of 2 should wear masks in school this fall, regardless of vaccination status, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the nation. “Combining layers of protection that include vaccinations, masking and clean hands hygiene will make in-person learning safe and possible for everyone.” The body …

Parents taking children out of school to reduce risk of being 'pinged'
3 years, 5 months ago

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Daily Mail  

School leaders today raised fears over parents keeping their children at home for the final days of term to avoid their summer holidays being cancelled by self-isolation. A teacher and pupils wear face masks at a school in London in March this year Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, and Justine Roberts, the chief …

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows
3 years, 7 months ago

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows

LA Times  

Students wear masks and sit at socially distanced desks at a school in Ramona, Calif. Over the course of 2,000 runs of their model elementary school with a relaxed approach to masking, social distancing and isolation, a single infected child was likely to spread the coronavirus to an average of 1.7 other children over 30 days, researchers found. With students …

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind
3 years, 7 months ago

Children versus the virus: An unequal battle in the mind

The Hindu  

Pathologically, the Coronavirus has been easy on children. “Having learnt from these stories, I have grown up with the positive belief that the universe would take care of you.” “One can see Facebook flooded with posters, personal posts from God knows who about so-and-so child having been orphaned and left with no support from the extended family,” says Champa. These …

Kids and the Covid-19 vaccine: A pediatrician answers safety questions
3 years, 7 months ago

Kids and the Covid-19 vaccine: A pediatrician answers safety questions

CNN  

CNN Films’ “Race for the Vaccine,” produced and narrated by Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, traces the world-changing discoveries of the vaccines against Covid-19. Maldonado is also chief of Stanford University School of Medicine’s division of pediatric infectious diseases and is currently leading vaccine trials in children younger than 12. Since many kids reach puberty between the ages of …

Vaccinating kids is critical and messaging is key, experts say
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccinating kids is critical and messaging is key, experts say

Al Jazeera  

Experts say vaccinating children against COVID-19 is critical, but what’s the best way to encourage jabs when they are available? “But once we know that,” he said, pointing to research trials that have shown promising results so far, “I think it’s going to be very important to vaccinate large numbers of children.” Children make up about a quarter of the …

I'm A Therapist Working With Children And Families. Here's How COVID-19 Is Affecting Them.
3 years, 10 months ago

I'm A Therapist Working With Children And Families. Here's How COVID-19 Is Affecting Them.

Huff Post  

"Even the fear of germs, which may have been considered a phobia or obsessional thought for children and adults, is now at least somewhat appropriate," the author writes. Getty Images As a psychoanalyst and parent guidance expert working in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic with parents of children and adolescents, and often with the children themselves, it has …

How schools are taking steps to keep COVID-19 at bay as they get ready to welcome students
3 years, 11 months ago

How schools are taking steps to keep COVID-19 at bay as they get ready to welcome students

The Hindu  

A touchless temperature check for every student passing through the gate, a safety precaution protocol to include personal hygiene, a face recognition terminal that raises an alarm when someone’s mask falls. “It’s heart warming to have the children back in campus,” says Rahat Rashed, vice principal of Meridian School in Hyderabad. “The learning environments in the school are filled with …

Parent’s angry school meeting rant at Covid closures goes viral
3 years, 11 months ago

Parent’s angry school meeting rant at Covid closures goes viral

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A parent from Virginia …

Going back to school may impact children psychologically: Experts
3 years, 11 months ago

Going back to school may impact children psychologically: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The sudden switch to online classes was the first to take a psychological toll on students and now the shift back to physical classes, approaching exams and the pressure to complete 70 per cent syllabus in about 90 days will push students down the edge, child psychologists have cautioned. Kids going to school, even with the consent of parents, …

Opinion: To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Pediatrician Dr. Tanya Altmann is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. CNN — As school districts across the country ricochet between fully in-person, hybrid and fully online education, depending on the Covid-19 infection …

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education
4 years, 1 month ago

A Lost Generation: UNICEF Report Reveals COVID-19 Toll on Children's Health and Education

News 18  

It has been a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and while we count the massive death toll and economic losses, what is going unnoticed by most governments across the world is the disruption that this pandemic has caused in the lives of children and young adults. It was released ahead of World Children’s Day and is titled ‘Averting a …

1 in 9 children infected by COVID-19: UNICEF
4 years, 1 month ago

1 in 9 children infected by COVID-19: UNICEF

The Hindu  

Children and adolescents account for 1 in 9 reported COVID-19 infections, according to an analysis by the UNICEF in a report released on Friday. As of November 3, children and adolescents accounted for 11 per cent of the 25.7 million infections reported across 87 countries, the report stated. The future of an entire generation is at risk.” As schools remain …

7 things to do for schools reopening after Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

7 things to do for schools reopening after Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

While the Centre allowed the graded reopening of schools from October 15, they have left the specifics to state governments, individual schools and the parental choice as to whether or not they want to send their kids to school amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. From working on a hybrid class model to thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting of campuses at regular intervals …

How Covid-19 has affected mental well-being of children
4 years, 2 months ago

How Covid-19 has affected mental well-being of children

India Today  

For the past 6 months, various experts and prognosticators in India are prognosticated about how the coronavirus pandemic will bring revolutionary transformation in a student's life across various domains which include education, social gatherings, extracurriculars, etc. How digital health solutions have helped kids amid Covid-19 pandemic: With so many changes happening around the kids, coupled with isolation, loneliness, and physical …

Parents voice concerns as Uttarakhand govt announces plan to reopen schools from 1 Nov, discontinue online classes
4 years, 2 months ago

Parents voice concerns as Uttarakhand govt announces plan to reopen schools from 1 Nov, discontinue online classes

Firstpost  

Schools have said that they are prepared to resume classes while ensuring strict adherence to COVID-19 protocol, however, they are not ready to take the blame if a student gets infected despite the precautionary measures Dehradun: With schools set to reopen in Uttarakhand for classes X and XII on 1 November after a gap of more than seven months, most …

Andhra Pradesh schools to reopen from November 2
4 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh schools to reopen from November 2

India Today  

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to keep the schools closed through the month of October and reopen the schools in the state from November 2. The Andhra Pradesh government also has several other policies underway for the development of schools in the state, including the introduction of English as a medium of instruction in lower classes so that students …

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: With textbooks and face masks, Europe's children return to school

India Today  

Tens of millions of pupils returned to school in France, Poland and Russia on Tuesday, their rucksacks loaded with exercise books, geometry sets and, for many, face masks to protect them from a resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Hand cleansing stations, social distancing and staggered play time will become the new normal as countries across Europe seek ways to get children back …

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson urges parents to send children back to school
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson urges parents to send children back to school

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson has appealed to parents to send their children to …

CDC updates school guidelines for Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

CDC updates school guidelines for Covid-19 pandemic

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its school guidance Friday. The risk of teachers, school administrators and other staff will, however, “mirror that of other adults in the community” if they get sick, the guidelines said. Schools are also still encouraged to divide students and teachers into distinct groups, if possible, that stay together throughout …

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 outbreaks in children complicate school reopening plans

Al Jazeera  

Initial evidence suggested that children did not easily spread the virus, but new studies are challenging that view. “It was thought that kids would not be exposed or transmit the virus as efficiently as adults – which is true,” Nasseri told Al Jazeera, “but now it is understood that the viral load in the nose of children even those under …

Gavin Williamson slaps down unions' bid to 'sabotage' school reopening
4 years, 4 months ago

Gavin Williamson slaps down unions' bid to 'sabotage' school reopening

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson told teachers today they have a 'moral duty' to help schools reopen next month as he faced a standoff with unions. Boris Johnson tried his hand at archery today as he visited a school in Upminster, renewing his push for all children to be back in class next month Some children watched bemused as the PM tried to …

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Very low’ risks to children mean school reopenings are safe, expert says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prof Viner revealed the Public Health England study as Boris Johnson beefed up his pledge …

Is it safe for children to go back to schools in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?
4 years, 5 months ago

Is it safe for children to go back to schools in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?

Firstpost  

Evidence suggests younger children don’t spread the disease easily but kids aged 10 and up transmit as easily as adults. In areas where the virus appears to be under control, experts say schools still need to make adjustments to minimize risk when reopening. And even though children appear less likely to get infected than adults and less likely to become …

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