These 4 skills may help children cope with the anxiety caused by COVID-19.

August 19, 2020 // -- The current news about COVID-19 is so great that, while experiencing the popularity of COVID-19 can be difficult, it may be much easier for educated adults than for children, who will live through life From an empirical perspective, and some of these ideas can help us get through this, researchers don't yet know how the COVID-19 epidemic affects children who don't have a point of view, and it's especially important for researchers to consider it when many children are ready to go back to school or start online classes with other children.
When children find that the adults around them don't fully understand something (such as COVID-19, because we can't fully guarantee their children's safety), they may feel a sense of helplessness, and insecurity and fear may prevail in their bodies, so children will begin to think that the world is a dangerous place, and the only way to survive is to defend themselves, or worse, to be aggressive.
When children go through this crisis, they don't have to be afraid at all, but as parents we have to guide them to the right treatment of this outbreak, and we have to teach them to embrace the power of all and make better choices.
as parents, teachers and citizens, we have every responsibility to protect the environment for our children, to limit the occurrence of temporary difficulties and to emphasize responsibility and control.
Photo Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are four skills we can teach our children from now on: 1) Awareness of dangerous food, we often tell children that crossing the road must be safe, we always say, cross the road, obey traffic lights and always look at passing vehicles on both sides, and we can also think of COVID-19 as something outside, as if it were a Like a speeding car, it can be prevented and avoided, and through our choices can completely affect the final outcome; 2) make a choice, wear a mask, away from others, if you touch something touched must wash your hands in time, although this does not guarantee absolute safety, but can also greatly reduce the risk of disease, but also for children to provide a control rod and ability, children will also learn that compliance with the rules is a way to maintain security, although there are many dangers in the world, But we can still create a healthy and positive environment; 3) respect for others, we need to wear masks in public to protect others, including parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends, and not wearing masks can show disrespect for them, COVID-19 can also be a tool to educate children Help children develop the habit of paying attention to personal protection while avoiding affecting others; 4) Learn to accept ambiguity, and if we don't know and don't matter, many things in society are built on preludes that it's possible to know everything, that is, everything can be understood, but smart people understand that no one knows everything.
It takes years for scientists to understand how viruses form, mutate, and spread, and decades of experience to gain a deeper understanding of how disease occurs and how new therapies develop them; clinicians and scientists need decades of training to solve problems together, and we just need to be humble and trusted to accept that we should always tell our children that nothing can happen overnight.
And putting everything into practice is feasible, minimizing the discussion of COVID-19 until there's something to say, and that doesn't happen every day, and when people talk, there's probably a lot more we can do to reduce the risk of us and their infection."
We should be compassionate in solving problems, and most importantly, we need to make informed choices and not panic so that we can develop life skills that are not only useful during an outbreak, but last a lifetime."
() Reference: 1 Helping Children Cope 2 Talking with children about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (3) CDC calls on Americans to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 spread 4 to help kids to cope with COVID-19 anxiety.