Posted on 03/27/2022 7:43:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Changing mask protocols could be hard for some kids to understand.
"It's natural for children to feel some anxiety," said Jennifer Louie, clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit specializing in kids' mental health.
Louie recommends parents transition kids slowly by asking them lots of questions about how they feel, and says it's important to validate whatever the child says.
"Like, 'Oh, yeah, that makes sense, that you're nervous. I'm a little nervous, too. We've been doing it this way for so long,'" said Louie. "'Oh, the grown-ups have thought about this. It makes sense.'"
She says kids need a thorough explanation of why the situation is safer now. Parents can talk about how case rates have dropped substantially and vaccines are widely available. These are details that help kids understand the bigger picture.
The playground could become contentious as some kids ditch masks and others keep them on. Louie suggests getting ahead of impending peer pressure by explaining that risk is different for each family.
"For example, 'We can only control what we do. And so this is what we're doing,'" said Louie. "And, you know, we can talk about it. Our plan is a flexible plan. We can always change it based on, you know, how we're feeling."
If younger children experience teasing Louie recommends parents tell their kids to enlist a grown-up to help. For older kids the best tactic is to ignore or distract a bully because teasing only works if an oppressor gets a rise. You can help your kid come up with a few things they can say to prevent a bully from getting what they want.
She says it's also probably wise to warn kids they might have to put their masks back on if another variant emerges and cases surge.
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What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats will do to us
Living a life in constant fear is not a good life.
What? I LIKE wearing a mask. I always wanted to wear a mask all the time. Now I can! It keeps me from breaking mirrors and camera lenses. The children don’t run and scream anymore.
Misery has always loved company and it's natural that basket case parents want their children to be miserable as well lest any happiness or optimism creep into the household.
That might be good for you; but, I find hiding in the basement to be more effective. Besides, I like it dark. ;-D
The woke were canceling the un vaxed and not masked, fixing to throw them into camps.
The woke need to stop their nonsense
I used to think there couldn’t be worse than the mind boggling ignorance of the moronial generation, but this new crop is an engineering marvel
Children who, naturally, trust adults. Wait’ll they get old enough to realize how braindead the adults in question were.
Each child “feels” the way their parents taught them to “feel” about the masks. The children of karens will be hardest hit.
First time I ever remember when you could go into a bank or liquor store with a mask on and not get shot.
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Our plan is a flexible plan. We can always change it based on, you know, how we’re feeling.”
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Operating on feelings. It’s what gets humanity in most of the messes they stumble into.
Corrected headline: “99.99% of kids happy to get rid of masks, .01% of snowflakes scared”
You musta forgot. “’npr’ x-spurts”.
We’ve been maskless as a state, TN except the 4 Blue countes. I live in a Red county, only place you stll mask is the stupid doctors who didn’t get the CDC memo the masks are useless. Or if you care for a high risk person, St Jude’s still requires parents to mask, or are high risk. The mental effect, hearing speech, is a lot worse than reported, even after FJB dumb down those requirements.
Old Fraud is still stirring up his lies, 4th booster, next varrient will be worse. Masks, lockdowns.
oxygen deprevation
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-25-masks-deprive-humans-of-oxygen-microplastic-pollution.html
Exactly.
The medical complex is the WORST.
Every ne of them is cruel in how to handle just regular visits, and every one of them VARIES! So much for experts.
My moms doc STARTING last Fall (not before) requires PAPER masks, no cloth! But the oral surgeon nearby for our son….CLOTH required, not paper! And down the hall from moms doc, one of my specialists, (same hospital system), officially requires N95 OR double-mask! But, my specialist office did NOT pester me at all about what I wore whereas the others do!
High school kids in Seattle are protesting to KEEP mask mandates.
Words fail me.
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