How to help kids cope with coronavirus stay-at-home orders
4 years, 9 months ago

How to help kids cope with coronavirus stay-at-home orders

LA Times  

With stay-at-home orders enacted in California and schools likely closed for the rest of the academic year, children can be especially vulnerable as the security of their routines is upended and they worry about the health of loved ones. I call it generation C, this generation that’s out there right now looking and feeling and wondering: Mom, Dad, whoever takes care of them, ‘What is this all about?’ And we need to step up for them.” Here is advice from experts on how to help children understand what’s happening and cope with the changes around them: Combating loneliness amid social distancing It’s too early to say whether the novel coronavirus is the defining mental health event of a generation, said Dr. Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, a child psychiatrist and UCLA assistant professor. “Kids can make up more scenarios if we’re not telling them” the truth, Ijadi-Maghsoodi said. of School Nurses put out detailed guidelines for parents in late February explaining that when it comes to talking to kids about a pandemic, it’s best to reassure them while also providing “factual, age-appropriate information about the potential seriousness of disease risk and concrete instruction about how to avoid infections and spread of disease.” For younger children, the guide says, it’s best to give “brief, simple information that should balance COVID-19 facts with appropriate reassurances.” “Give simple examples of the steps people take every day to stop germs and stay healthy, such as washing hands. “Some parents feel, ‘If I give them all of that, it’s going to scare them.’ But the message that’s conveyed if parents don’t give information is that it’s too scary for even parents to talk about.” If children are going to be home a lot more, it also helps to find ways to keep them active and make for family time.

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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  

Weeks after the Omicron cases subsided across India, coronavirus is once again on the rise. Parents and teachers can keep a few things in mind to keep children safe both at school and at home as new cases pop up. How to keep children safe from Covid-19 in schools, at home? Graphic: Pradeep Singh Saini Health experts have urged schools …

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection
3 years, 3 months ago

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection

NL Times  

If a child in primary education turns out to have the coronavirus, their whole class no longer has to go home from Monday. However the council, which represents primary schools in the Netherlands, emphasized that schools must receive proper guidance from the GGD in determining who should and should not go home after an infection in the classroom. Over the …

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

What we know about COVID-19 in kids and the risks of returning to school

ABC  

As COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to climb, millions of Australian children are set to head back to school for face-to-face classes in term 4 after several months of remote learning. Asha Bowen, a paediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Telethon Kids Institute, said although children were more likely to get infected with Delta, they were much less likely than adults …

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say

Dutch News  

Government health advisors are recommending that primary schools do not send home entire classes if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus, Trouw reported on Monday. However, Trouw says, the Outbreak Management Team which advises the government on dealing with the pandemic, is recommending that only pupils who have ‘close contact’ with the affected child be sent home. The current rule …

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert
3 years, 4 months ago

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Ministry of Health to relax the coronavirus measures for primary education as of September 20. This new school year, the rule still applied that an entire classroom must stay home if one child tested positive for the coronavirus. The OMT stated that the Cabinet can responsibly announce around September 20 that from now on …

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19: Tips to keep children protected in these times

India TV News  

With children under 18 being one of the large vulnerable and unvaccinated groups, it is crucial to keep them extra protected from being exposed to the many variants of the Covid-19 virus. Severe infections and mortality have frequently been reported in young infants and children with comorbidities, largely post 3-6 weeks of asymptomatic or symptomatic infection." As many Indian states …

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  

Despite the threats posed by the Delta variant, there are ways to enhance kids’ safety at school. “Vaccination of all eligible adults and students is the most important strategy for decreasing COVID-19 transmission in schools,” said Dr. Kate Connor, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “The evidence is strongly supportive that universal masking in schools is one …

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

Parents taking children out of school to reduce risk of being 'pinged'

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 …

Here are some tips to keep your kids safe - News18
3 years, 6 months ago

Here are some tips to keep your kids safe - News18

News 18  

There is a fear among people that the third wave of COVID-19 will affect children. Symptoms of COVID-19 in children According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Guidelines on management of COVID-19 in pediatric age group, the foremost common symptoms of infection among children are cold, mild cough, fever, body pain, weakness aside from these like pain in …

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 …

What children have learnt during the pandemic is priceless
3 years, 7 months ago

What children have learnt during the pandemic is priceless

Live Mint  

Parents, including me, have been worried about the loss of learning during this pandemic. At this time, children's routine has gone for a toss—not stepping out of the house, not attending physical school and learning on laptops, thus rendering the “how much time onscreen is ok “ debate useless, snacking through the day and ducking out of home work and …

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 …

Children with a snotty nose should stay home from school: OMT
3 years, 11 months ago

Children with a snotty nose should stay home from school: OMT

Dutch News  

Primary school children with a snotty nose must stay home from school and have a coronavirus test, according to revised guidelines from the government’s coronavirus Outbreak Management Team. Parents are being urged to monitor their children from coronavirus symptoms as well as a runny nose, sneezing and sore throat, now schools are being reopened from Monday, the OMT said. Children …

Children with a runny nose should stay at home says OMT
3 years, 11 months ago

Children with a runny nose should stay at home says OMT

NL Times  

Children between the ages of four and twelve attending primary education must stay home from Monday if they have coronavirus symptoms. While waiting for the test result, children should stay at home, even if a housemate is infected or shows symptoms of the virus. However, they must - equally to the older children - stay at home if the symptoms …

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well
4 years ago

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections are mainly taking place at home, with outside sources including visiting friends and relatives, work places, schools or childcare facilities. Of all the people who were tested positive this week, half did not know at all where they could have become infected while the other half had some idea, Nu.nl reports quoting figures from health institute RIVM. Ruling …

Supporting Kids During The Coronavirus Pandemic : Life Kit : NPR
4 years, 1 month ago

Supporting Kids During The Coronavirus Pandemic : Life Kit : NPR

NPR  

Kids Are Anxious And Scared During The Pandemic. Here's How Parents Can Help Enlarge this image Ada daSilva/Getty Images Ada daSilva/Getty Images For the kids in our lives, the last nine months have been many things. Sponsor Message Make sure your kids wear their masks "Kids generally don't get very sick from this virus," says Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

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 …

4 ways to help children cope with virtual living during Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

4 ways to help children cope with virtual living during Covid-19

India Today  

We know it's tough—keeping kids busy or happy or both in the current Covid-19 scenario. Here are 4 ways to help children cope with virtual living that will help you run the house smoothly and keep tantrums at bay. It may seem that you don't have a huge role to play here, however, the child's immediate environment in a virtual …

Coronavirus: Vulnerable patients told they can still go to work or school
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: Vulnerable patients told they can still go to work or school

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In new advice published for the 2.2 million patients …

6 homeschooling tips and tricks for parents amid Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

6 homeschooling tips and tricks for parents amid Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

Covid-19 has raised questions that weren't there before. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 wants every child to be in school, but if somebody decides not to send his/her children to school, the Government does not interfere. ; Square Panda, offers a comprehensive learning system i.e foundational early learning games, multi-sensory playsets, homeschooling kits and …

3 ways parents can keep children physically, mentally active amid Covid-19 pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

3 ways parents can keep children physically, mentally active amid Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

2020 was full of surprises, especially for the students. It falls upon the parents and school to keep them clear-headed and ensure that along with their physical health, their mental health is also taken care of on priority in this pandemic. To make this happen, I saw various parents setting some time aside during the day by doing educational activities …

Students warned they may need to self-isolate first if they want to go home for Christmas
4 years, 3 months ago

Students warned they may need to self-isolate first if they want to go home for Christmas

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 Students may need to self-isolate as the end of term approaches …

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 …

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home
4 years, 3 months ago

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Children who caught the coronavirus at day cares and a day camp spread it to their relatives, according to a new report that underscores that kids can bring the germ home and infect others. The findings don’t mean that schools and child-care programs need to close, but it does confirm that the virus can spread within those …

What to do if your kid has Covid-19 symptoms
4 years, 4 months ago

What to do if your kid has Covid-19 symptoms

CNN  

CNN — Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner’s 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. “You can’t send your kid to school with any symptoms whatsoever, even if it’s allergies, because everyone assumes they’ve got the ‘rona,” said Gardiner. “If that student is really sick, and they’re …

With Schools Reopening in US, Children May be the Silent Spreaders of Coronavirus
4 years, 4 months ago

With Schools Reopening in US, Children May be the Silent Spreaders of Coronavirus

News 18  

Children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought, according to a study which found that the younger people may not be as likely to become seriously ill as adults, but they can spread infection and bring the virus into their homes. In the study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for …

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 …

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 …

Children younger than 5 years carry coronavirus 100-fold greater than adults: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Children younger than 5 years carry coronavirus 100-fold greater than adults: Study

India Today  

Children younger than five carried major amounts of coronavirus in their upper respiratory tract, a small study published on Thursday showed, raising new questions about whether kids can infect others. The study included 145 individuals aged between one month and 65 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 who were studied in three groups - children younger than five years, children …

Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

Study finds higher viral load in young children, raising questions about how likely they are to transmit the coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. “We had just noticed that some of the children that we were testing for SARS CoV-2 that were positive, …

July 22 coronavirus news
4 years, 5 months ago

July 22 coronavirus news

CNN  

President Trump said Wednesday that he would be comfortable with his son and grandchildren physically returning to school in the fall, asserting that children do not catch or spread coronavirus easily. Asked during a White House news conference whether he’d be comfortable with his family members returning to school, Trump responded, “Yeah, well I am comfortable with that.” Trump was …

Will children spread COVID-19 if they go back to school?
4 years, 5 months ago

Will children spread COVID-19 if they go back to school?

LA Times  

Is it safe for children to return to school while the coronavirus is on the loose? Nine students had confirmed coronavirus infections during that time, and they may have spread it to a grand total of two fellow students out of 735 who were considered “close contacts.” Nine adults in those schools caught the coronavirus as well, but they did …

Fact check: What role do kids play in spreading the coronavirus?
4 years, 6 months ago

Fact check: What role do kids play in spreading the coronavirus?

CNN  

Washington CNN — In the debate over whether schools across the US should open in the fall, questions continue to be raised about how the coronavirus affects children. Proponents of reopening schools have argued that children have largely been spared the worst effects of the virus and have pointed to guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in late …

Coronavirus: School children don't appear to spread disease, study finds
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: School children don't appear to spread disease, study finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy School children don’t appear to …

Children's lives 'put on hold' by coronavirus lockdown and school closures, Sage adviser says
4 years, 6 months ago

Children's lives 'put on hold' by coronavirus lockdown and school closures, Sage adviser says

The Telegraph  

Experts believe home schooling is entrenching the advantage already enjoyed by children from better off families, and risks permanently damaging the development of thousands. "You could almost argue that children and young people – we have put their lives on hold, we have put their education on hold, they have had a whole series of harms because of what we …

Risk to children’s health from coronavirus ‘minuscule’, says government adviser
4 years, 7 months ago

Risk to children’s health from coronavirus ‘minuscule’, says government adviser

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Coronavirus poses …

5 useful home activities for children during Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

5 useful home activities for children during Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

We are very patriotically following the instructions given by our government in preventing Covid-19 spread by abiding to the rules of lockdown. The lockdown has raised the screen times by many folds, hence incorporating different activities as mentioned below, in a day's schedule can somewhere help divert our children from screen. Teaching Household chores like cooking, setting up the dinner …

7 do-it-yourself games and activities for children to keep them engaged in Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

7 do-it-yourself games and activities for children to keep them engaged in Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

In the current scenario that parents are facing today, here are a few activities that can be done at home in order to keep children busy in the Covid-19 lockdown. Children usually have school to keep them busy in the morning, but you should have “school time” in the morning even when the kids stay home -- older children generally …

Schools will need to make these changes to protect students from coronavirus, expert says
4 years, 7 months ago

Schools will need to make these changes to protect students from coronavirus, expert says

CNN  

CNN — When students finally return to school, sweeping changes will be in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus. That will mean health checks, temperature screenings, staggered arrivals and limiting visitors on campus, Dr. Tanya Altmann, a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said at the CNN coronavirus town hall Thursday night. Children with underlying health conditions …

Quarantine Diaries: Dealing With Kids
4 years, 7 months ago

Quarantine Diaries: Dealing With Kids

Huff Post  

Quarantine Diaries is a communal project of stories from our readers about how they are managing their lives during the coronavirus crisis. When we get back home, it’s school work and then life skills. As a school secretary myself and my husband already working from home, we are a pretty normal family with three kids: an 18-year-old high school senior, …

How to explain the Coronavirus pandemic to children
4 years, 7 months ago

How to explain the Coronavirus pandemic to children

India Today  

As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic and schools are temporarily shut, children are confused about what is going on. Remember to explain that children are less affected than adults and those who do get sick only have a cough and a stuffy nose, because younger people have a more efficient immune system. We need to be careful, but there's …

Coronavirus lockdown: Despondency in adults can quickly spread to their children in times like these, warns child psychiatrist
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: Despondency in adults can quickly spread to their children in times like these, warns child psychiatrist

Firstpost  

The mix of information and misinformation, and exaggerated fears of the situation, result in symptoms of anxiety of various kinds depending on the age of the child, warns child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Amit Sen. As the fear of COVID-19 and the lockdown that began on 25 March gripped the nation, the children found themselves on the sidelines of the …

Taking the safe scenic route
4 years, 8 months ago

Taking the safe scenic route

China Daily  

Visitors walk on a bridge at a wetland park in Huangshan, Anhui province, on April 10. Over the past three months, people across China led isolated lives, confined in limited spaces at home and spending their time telecommuting, cooking, overindulging in cellphone usage and interacting with only family members. A report by Ctrip, an online provider of travel services based …

Taking the safe scenic route
4 years, 8 months ago

Taking the safe scenic route

China Daily  

Visitors walk on a bridge at a wetland park in Huangshan, Anhui province, on April 10. Over the past three months, people across China led isolated lives, confined in limited spaces at home and spending their time telecommuting, cooking, overindulging in cellphone usage and interacting with only family members. A report by Ctrip, an online provider of travel services based …

Taking the safe scenic route
4 years, 8 months ago

Taking the safe scenic route

China Daily  

Visitors walk on a bridge at a wetland park in Huangshan, Anhui province, on April 10. Over the past three months, people across China led isolated lives, confined in limited spaces at home and spending their time telecommuting, cooking, overindulging in cellphone usage and interacting with only family members. A report by Ctrip, an online provider of travel services based …

Taking the safe scenic route
4 years, 8 months ago

Taking the safe scenic route

China Daily  

Visitors walk on a bridge at a wetland park in Huangshan, Anhui province, on April 10. Over the past three months, people across China led isolated lives, confined in limited spaces at home and spending their time telecommuting, cooking, overindulging in cellphone usage and interacting with only family members. A report by Ctrip, an online provider of travel services based …

Coronavirus: How to keep children healthy, happy and learning during school closures
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: How to keep children healthy, happy and learning during school closures

The Independent  

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