Calm Parenting Will Help Children Through Coronavirus Pandemic
The disruptions in daily life caused by the coronavirus pandemic could cause problems for children, but there are things parents can do to help their kids deal with the changes, experts say.
“There are major stressors that children are experiencing, such as the inability to attend school, adjusting to home school, being in the house with their family all day, not being able to see their friends, worrying about grandparents and love… 更多Calm Parenting Will Help Children Through Coronavirus Pandemic
The disruptions in daily life caused by the coronavirus pandemic could cause problems for children, but there are things parents can do to help their kids deal with the changes, experts say.
“There are major stressors that children are experiencing, such as the inability to attend school, adjusting to home school, being in the house with their family all day, not being able to see their friends, worrying about grandparents and loved ones — but they seem to be quite resilient and taking all of these changes in stride,” said Alexandria Meyer, an assistant professor of psychology at Florida State University.
5 ways to protect children from window falls at home
The combination of warming weather and children spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic prompts an important reminder for parents to protect kids from window falls.
In March and April 2020, the CHOC Children’s Trauma Center treated eight patients injured after falling from windows. By comparison, clinicians there treated three patients for window falls during the same time period in 2019.
Keeping children safe in and around cars during COVID-19
Under COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, children are spending more time at home and playing outdoors, increasing their potential access to unlocked cars. Parents who are worried about bringing children into stores or pharmacies might also consider allowing them to wait in the car.
Both these scenarios put children at risk of heatstroke, which can happen when body temperature rises to dangerous levels and it isn’t able to cool itself quickly … 更多Keeping children safe in and around cars during COVID-19
Under COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, children are spending more time at home and playing outdoors, increasing their potential access to unlocked cars. Parents who are worried about bringing children into stores or pharmacies might also consider allowing them to wait in the car.
Both these scenarios put children at risk of heatstroke, which can happen when body temperature rises to dangerous levels and it isn’t able to cool itself quickly enough. A child’s body warms three to five times faster than an adult.
In the past two years, more than 100 children died of heatstroke because they were left alone or became trapped in a hot car. Nearly every state has experienced a child vehicular heatstroke death.
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