‘My child is obsessed with washing her hands’ – will coronavirus lead to a generation of hypochondriacs?
The IndependentMy daughter is a pandemic baby. “She goes through a small bottle of hand sanitiser every week.” This newfound vigilance is great from a public health perspective, and I’m sure parents across the country are pleased that they don’t need to remind their children to keep clean. You also might find that your child is on the lookout for danger all the time.” Dr Waite advises against engaging in too much reassurance seeking, making sure children have plenty of opportunity to get muddy, so they’re not overly worried about germs, and being aware of the conversations you’re having within earshot. Dr Kate Cooper, clinical doctoral research fellow at the University of Bath, who recently co-authored a review on health anxiety in young people in context of the pandemic, points out that we shouldn’t expect all children to mirror their pre-Covid selves. “There’s very little out there about health anxiety in context of the pandemic, but actually there’s very little research about health anxiety in children and young people in general,” Dr Cooper explains.
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