Coronavirus Tag? The Pandemic Has Become Part Of Kids' Playtime
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Tag? The Pandemic Has Become Part Of Kids' Playtime

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damircudic via Getty Images Big, scary events in the adult world tend to show up in children's play. “During this heightened panic around the coronavirus, it is completely normal and expected that kids, especially young children, will incorporate themes of the virus into their play,” said Natasha Daniels, a child therapist and creator of AnxiousToddlers.com. Children often ‘play things out’ to work through their feelings.” Playtime is a common outlet for kids working through fears and processing difficult emotions and situations. “As disturbing as it may sound, I have seen kids act out and incorporate themes around school shootings in their play,” said Daniels, noting that it’s a healthy and productive way to deal with a tough topic, especially for kids who don’t have the language skills to adequately verbalize what they’re feeling. “But you need to be careful about minimizing the serious message about needing to be careful.” Ultimately, parents play a big role in shaping their children’s response to COVID-19.

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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 …

What Parents Must Watch Out for: COVID Symptoms & Pandemic Effect on Kids’ Mental Health
3 years, 7 months ago

What Parents Must Watch Out for: COVID Symptoms & Pandemic Effect on Kids’ Mental Health

News 18  

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. We appear to be in the middle of a ‘parallel pandemic’ of mental health crises, affecting children and parents. Prolonged and high-grade fever, breathing difficulties, poor feeding and vomiting, loose motions, dehydration, severe abdominal pain, headache, and most importantly, any significant and prolonged change in the child’s behaviour …

Majority of parents in favor of Covid-19 vaccine for their child
3 years, 7 months ago

Majority of parents in favor of Covid-19 vaccine for their child

NL Times  

More than half of parents in the Netherlands would like to have their child receive a vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as it is possible. This was shown in a study by Hart van Nederland amongst three thousand people where 59 percent said they would support a coronavirus vaccination for their offspring. According to the study, 34 percent of respondents …

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says
3 years, 7 months ago

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says

LA Times  

Kindergarteners get their temperatures checked as they return to school in Riverside. A new study questions the value of this type of screening, since most kids with coronavirus infections don’t develop a fever. What’s more, nearly three-quarters of these infected children never had “any of the typical COVID-19 symptoms” — a fever, cough or shortness of breath — researchers wrote …

October 26 coronavirus news
4 years, 2 months ago

October 26 coronavirus news

CNN  

Pfizer’s experimental coronavirus vaccine is now being tested in the youngest age group yet – kids as young as 12. A team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital finished vaccinating 100 children in the younger age group last week, said Dr. Robert Frenck, who is leading the trial for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine at the hospital. As of now, I probably would request …

‘To my friends and I, the pandemic no longer exists’: How young people feel about being blamed for the spread of coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

‘To my friends and I, the pandemic no longer exists’: How young people feel about being blamed for the spread of coronavirus

The Independent  

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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 …

Watch | COVID-19 and children
4 years, 4 months ago

Watch | COVID-19 and children

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has kept paediatricians busy with worried parents seeking advice for the best possible way to protect children from SARS-CoV-2. A recent study by Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mass General Hospital for Children has found that infected children have a viral load comparable with adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment. A study published in The Lancet …

Coronavirus: Why are more young people getting infected?
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Why are more young people getting infected?

Al Jazeera  

As countries reopen and expand testing, there is an increase in the proportion of cases among the younger population. An increasing number of young people are now getting infected with the novel coronavirus, with clusters of cases emerging in different locations as countries have eased restrictions and lifted lockdowns. ‘Not invincible’ Although older people are at a greater risk of …

Children Play Larger Role in Community Spread of Covid-19, Finds New Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Children Play Larger Role in Community Spread of Covid-19, Finds New Study

News 18  

New York: While most studies have stressed that children are not the harbingers of Covid-19, a comprehensive study now claims that children play a larger role in the community spread of the novel coronavirus than previously thought. In the Mass General Hospital for Children study, 51 per cent of children with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection came from low-income communities compared to …

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 …

New CDC guidance says Covid-19 rates in children ‘steadily increasing’
4 years, 4 months ago

New CDC guidance says Covid-19 rates in children ‘steadily increasing’

CNN  

CNN — Health experts say children make up more than 7% of all coronavirus cases in the US – while comprising about 22% of the country’s population – and the number and rate of child cases have been “steadily increasing” from March to July. There were 3,372 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday and 96 deaths, data released by state’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

How The Pandemic Is Making Kids Feel, In Their Own Words
4 years, 8 months ago

How The Pandemic Is Making Kids Feel, In Their Own Words

NPR  

How The Pandemic Is Making Kids Feel, In Their Own Words We hear from kids around the country about how the coronavirus pandemic — the lockdown, the school shutdowns, the economic uncertainty — has made them feel. But a down is I, like, don't get to spend as much time as my friends. This is difficult on every single person, …

The coronavirus pandemic is terrifying — it’s OK to laugh
4 years, 8 months ago

The coronavirus pandemic is terrifying — it’s OK to laugh

LA Times  

Singer Chris Mann has created half a dozen parody videos, including this one, “Hello,” a spoof of Adele’s hit, that have attracted more than 60 million views. Check out the “Savage” dance challenge, set to the Megan Thee Stallion hit song; Tiktok says 9.3 million videos using the song were created last month. Since the pandemic began, Chris Mann, 37, …

Coronavirus could be tied to a rare but serious illness in children, UK doctors say
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus could be tied to a rare but serious illness in children, UK doctors say

CNN  

London CNN — A small but rising number of children are becoming ill with a rare syndrome that could be linked to coronavirus, with reported cases showing symptoms of abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms and cardiac inflammation, UK health care bosses and pediatrics specialists have warned. On Sunday, the Paediatric Intensive Care Society UK tweeted an “urgent alert” from the National …

In Fighting Coronavirus, Are We Ignoring the Invisible Children?
4 years, 8 months ago

In Fighting Coronavirus, Are We Ignoring the Invisible Children?

The Quint  

The situation is dire, the impact of the pandemic and the lockdown on children has to be understood and acted upon. Information on number of children affected due to loss of livelihood, migration and loss of family members to COVID-19. We need researched information on the psychological impact on children, the issues of child protection need to be understood and …

Covid-19: How fear of the virus is affecting children’s health
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: How fear of the virus is affecting children’s health

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. CNN — The virus that causes Covid-19 has been relentlessly preying on adults around the world for months, while largely sparing children. Before Covid-19, my clinic in New York City used to be filled with children coming in for …

Coronavirus lockdown: 10 ways to keep children occupied during Covid-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: 10 ways to keep children occupied during Covid-19

India Today  

Covid-19 is affecting the larger community and most importantly children. It has thrown all activity and routine for children out of gear and therefore it is a major task to keep them occupied with several activities through the day. Encourage creativity: Give children CDs, woollen threads, coloured papers, match sticks, glues, balloons, ice-cream sticks, etc and encourage them to make …

Curating news for children during pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Curating news for children during pandemic

The Hindu  

“I invite you to a picnic in our living room. Lockdown restrictions, academic schedules gone awry and, above all, the miserable feeling of being socially adrift… COVID-19 is upending the lives of children. When schools were shut abruptly in March, we, at The Hindu In School, received mails and calls from anxious parents and principals asking us what our “plans” …

Parenting in the time of Coronavirus: Children have questions but how do you explain the pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Parenting in the time of Coronavirus: Children have questions but how do you explain the pandemic

Firstpost  

Parents are dealing with children who are too old to be shushed or placated and too young to understand the situation the world is in. So now every time she speaks to her grandparents, she ends the conversation with ‘wash your hands or coronavirus will get you’. When will I be able to go to school?” -—- Sathana, aged 6, …

Coronavirus: In millions of homes, children have questions about coronavirus, and some lessons for adults
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: In millions of homes, children have questions about coronavirus, and some lessons for adults

The Hindu  

How do you explain to a child the science of something that is neither living nor dead? So now every time she speaks to her grandparents, she ends the conversation with ‘wash your hands or coronavirus will get you’.” ----- Anvay Deshmukh, 4, believes he can beat the Corona-demon in a fist fight. “He at times believes that.” ----- Ananya …

How to talk to your children about coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

How to talk to your children about coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

While children have a right to know about a pandemic sweeping the globe, adults should protect them from any distress. Children do not actually need to think the adults in their lives know everything, and researching the answers together is a good opportunity to inform them about what reliable sources of information are out there. Maintain structure in their lives …

10 Mental Health Signs To Watch Out For In Kids In The Age Of COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

10 Mental Health Signs To Watch Out For In Kids In The Age Of COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures required to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus are taking a toll on Americans’ mental health. Just like us, our children are experiencing a great deal of loss of their normal lives right now,” said Genevieve von Lob, a psychologist and author of “Happy Parent, Happy …

How to talk to kids about the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

How to talk to kids about the coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

"Why are those shelves empty?" "For most kids, the impact has been acutely felt with the cancellation of birthday parties," says Bethany Macdonald, a public programs producer for libraries and mother of two boys. "My oldest son's birthday is in May, and we've given him a heads up that the situation might not have cleared by then so his party …

Germs, grandparents and bats: Questions kids have about coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Germs, grandparents and bats: Questions kids have about coronavirus

ABC  

What does the coronavirus look like? Part of the reason the new coronavirus is making people so sick is because it's brand new and no-one's ever had it before. Another reason it's making people so sick is because it's so new we don't have medicines that can help people who are sick with it. That's why it's so important to: …

Coronavirus outbreak: How parents can support their kids now
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: How parents can support their kids now

India Today  

The coronavirus disease brings with it feelings like anxiety, stress and uncertainty and they are felt especially strongly by children of all ages. We think about the people around us, too.’" Stick to a routine "Children need structure. And what we’re all having to do, very quickly, is invent entirely new structures to get every one of us through our …

How children are vital to slowing coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

How children are vital to slowing coronavirus pandemic

India TV News  

Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis, researchers have cautioned that it is critical to understand how the virus affects kids in order to model the pandemic accurately, limit the disease's spread and ensure the youngest patients get the care they need. The commentary from researchers Steven L. Zeichner and Andrea T. Cruz, published in the journal Pediatrics, revealed a small …

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 …

The Heartbreaking Reality Of Parenting In The Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

The Heartbreaking Reality Of Parenting In The Coronavirus Pandemic

Huff Post  

kyonntra via Getty Images My heart first started to break one night last week when my 8-year-old son had a sobbing meltdown in the bath because kids at school were saying they had the coronavirus and he didn’t know whether or not they were telling the truth. Another time, we ran into a young friend during our daily walk through …

Coronavirus: Detection in children a challenge
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Detection in children a challenge

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Detection of COVID-19 in children for early treatment could be a challenge as most exhibit mild symptoms, showed a new research. The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine, is one of the first studies to assess impact of the new disease among children. Most of the positive cases among children were identified and later diagnosed on …

Children’s coronavirus cases are not as severe, but that doesn’t make them less serious
4 years, 9 months ago

Children’s coronavirus cases are not as severe, but that doesn’t make them less serious

CNN  

CNN — Germs spread easily among children. “The evidence so far would suggest that children, at least in China, many children have gotten infected and have … either had a very mild illness or not had any illness at all,” Reingold told CNN, adding that’s a pattern seen in many other respiratory viruses that are easily transmitted among children and …

Kids Around The World Are Reading NPR's Coronavirus Comic
4 years, 10 months ago

Kids Around The World Are Reading NPR's Coronavirus Comic

NPR  

Kids Around The World Are Reading NPR's Coronavirus Comic How do you explain coronavirus to kids? Another middle-school teacher taught students the art of folding the zine — and added a lesson on how to properly wash hands — in a health class focused on the coronavirus. No gym today so I created stations: Corona Virus Podcast, create the zine …

Are Children Less Likely To Contract The Coronavirus? Here's What We Know.
4 years, 10 months ago

Are Children Less Likely To Contract The Coronavirus? Here's What We Know.

Huff Post  

Sasha_Suzi via Getty Images When officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that it is likely not a matter of if but when the new coronavirus spreads in the United States, my first thought was of my own little germ factories: my kids. “We don’t know why kids seem to be not in the …

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