{"id":384,"date":"2020-06-17T12:51:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.healthwire.pk\/?p=384"},"modified":"2023-05-29T17:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:58:06","slug":"ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Educate your Child about COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With everything going digital, your kids must have heard about COVID-19 by now. Children are sensitive to anything you portray as serious in front of them, therefore it is important the new \u2018sickness\u2019 should be known about through you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To educate your child about COVID-19, here are some ways on how you can talk to your children without scaring them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#ask_questions\" title=\"Ask Questions\">Ask Questions<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#be_truthful\" title=\"Be Truthful\">Be Truthful<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#if_your_child_asks_something\" title=\"If your Child asks Something\">If your Child asks Something<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#be_open_to_your_childs_fear\" title=\"Be Open to your Child\u2019s Fear\">Be Open to your Child\u2019s Fear<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#allow_you_child_to_fell_the_control\" title=\"Allow you Child to Fell the Control\">Allow you Child to Fell the Control<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/ways-to-educate-your-child-about-covid-19\/#keep_the_conversation_going\" title=\"Keep the Conversation Going\">Keep the Conversation Going<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ask_questions\"><\/span><strong>Ask Questions<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is likely that you children would want to go out and play in the field parks like they used to. Depending on the age they may even ask why school has been off during an odd time of the year. Prepare yourself for any such incoming. This is actually better, as you would have a chance to talk to them about it. However, if you have no clue whether your child has been perceiving the information about corona, so far, ask small age appropriate questions. For example, if you have older kids as them \u2018Do you have any questions, confusions or concerns you may want to discuss\u2019? if you have smaller kids you can tackle the issue in some manner like \u2018so there is a sickness around, and it makes you feel very sick, bad and awful, so we have to clean our hands and stay home so that this sickness goes away\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"be_truthful\"><\/span><strong>Be Truthful<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child asks you a tough question with a tough answer, answer it as politely as possible. Do not create lies until you are sure it will affect your child\u2019s mental health severely. However, it also does not mean exposing them to harsh news and traumatizing them with rising death polls. Rather avoid any such scenarios where any such question springs up, if it does answer them truthfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"if_your_child_asks_something\"><\/span><strong>If your Child asks Something<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is important especially for single parents. Please do not guilt trip yourself if you do have an answer to your child\u2019s question. Make it normal for young children that it\u2019s okay to not know about stuff at times. The best way you can address such a situation is, \u2018I do not know about it, but let me look it up and I will get back to you real soon\u2019. You can let them know about \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a> website, so that if they are old enough they can clear their confusions through online means too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"be_open_to_your_childs_fear\"><\/span><strong>Be Open to your Child\u2019s Fear<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child shows any sign of distress, do not panic. Stay cool, calm and collected. You will come across questions like \u2018Am I infected too? \u2018Can I be Next\u2019?, \u2018Can that happen to me too?\u2019. At this point, smile a little and address it as down to their age as you can. For example, you can say \u2018No, children don\u2019t catch this sickness as easily as adults, but you have to keep your hands clean at all times\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"allow_you_child_to_fell_the_control\"><\/span><strong>Allow you Child to Fell the Control<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>They are home bound; it is highly likely that they will feel all over the place at times. To help them calm their restlessness, a lot of them do small chores around the house or plan an hourly activity with them on daily bases. Let them do whatever they want to do in that little time. Do not interrupt them or scold them. make sure while doing this you are being a good role model for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"keep_the_conversation_going\"><\/span><strong>Keep the Conversation Going<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep it light hearted with children, however do make sure to prompt some queries out of them once in a while for them to feel relaxed inside. Create an environment where they are okay with the stressful feelings and can manage them in a healthy way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important you should always be in touch with how your children are feeling about any situation. The best you can do for your little ones is to spend as much time as you can with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With everything going digital, your kids must have heard about COVID-19 by now. 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