How to Talk with Kids About COVID-19 [healthier.stanfordchildrens.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/16/2011:41 AM

By Erin Digitale, Stanford Children's Health, March 10, 2020

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, experts at Stanford Children’s Health have advice about how families can prepare their children for the continued news coverage and conversations around the outbreak.

Parents and caregivers should communicate in an age-appropriate way that addresses children’s questions without stoking anxiety, says Stanford Children’s Health psychiatrist Victor Carrion, MD, who also directs the Stanford Early Life Stress and Resilience Program. He has tips for how to share information about the spread of the virus with children and teens...

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