{"id":2230,"date":"2020-03-20T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2020-03-27T01:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:40:31","slug":"tips-and-resources-for-talking-to-your-kids-or-students-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/?p=2230","title":{"rendered":"Tips and Resources for Talking to your Kids or Students about COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/37\/files\/2020\/03\/7-tips-for-talking-to-kids_770x433.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2231 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/37\/files\/2020\/03\/7-tips-for-talking-to-kids_770x433-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/files\/2020\/03\/7-tips-for-talking-to-kids_770x433-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/files\/2020\/03\/7-tips-for-talking-to-kids_770x433-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/files\/2020\/03\/7-tips-for-talking-to-kids_770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During this time, it is understandable for children to have questions or express concern about the COVID-19 virus.\u00a0 As parents, teachers or caregivers, it is important to stay informed and communicate in age-appropriate ways that address children\u2019s questions and helps them take steps to keep themselves and others healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips and resources to help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to talk about it<\/strong>:\u00a0Convey the facts and set an emotionally reassuring tone.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Be age-appropriate<\/strong>: Teens can process and handle a higher level of detail than five year olds. Focus on answering your child\/student\u2019s questions. Do your best to answer honestly and clearly; it\u2019s okay if you can\u2019t answer everything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow their lead: <\/strong>Invite your child or student to ask questions and share their perspective: Invite them to tell you anything they may have heard about the coronavirus and express how they feel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check yourself<\/strong>: Feeling anxious?\u00a0 Take some time to calm down before trying to have a conversation or answer your child\u2019s questions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus on actions you can take<\/strong>: Emphasize safety precautions everyone can take to help keep themselves and others healthy: good hand hygiene, cough and sneeze etiquette, social distancing and staying home if you aren\u2019t feeling well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stick to routine<\/strong>: Structured days with regular mealtimes and bedtimes are an essential part of keeping kids happy and healthy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep talking<\/strong>: Tell kids\/students you will keep them updated as you learn more.\u00a0 Let them know the lines of communication are going to be open and as you learn more, you will share the information with them, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BCCDC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/Health-Info-Site\/Documents\/COVID19%20QA%20for%20kids%20Feb%202020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 for Children and Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BCCDC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/Health-Info-Site\/Documents\/COVID19-Students-Parents-Recommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID 19: Recommendations for Students, Parents and Guardians <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this time, it is understandable for children to have questions or express concern about the COVID-19 virus.\u00a0 As parents, teachers or caregivers, it is important to stay informed and communicate in age-appropriate ways that address children\u2019s questions and helps &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/?p=2230\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fyi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2230"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/suwilaawks.cmsd.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}