Helping children cope with anxiety requires providing accurate prevention information and facts without causing undue alarm.
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It is very important to remember that children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. If parents seem overly worried, children’s anxiety may rise.
Parents should reassure children that health and school officials are working hard to ensure that people throughout the country stay healthy.
However, children also need factual, age appropriate information about the potential seriousness of disease risk and concrete instruction about how to avoid infections and spread of disease. Teaching children positive preventive measures, talking with them about their fears, and giving them a sense of some control over their risk of infection can help reduce anxiety. Specific Guidelines Remain calm and reassuring. Be aware of any comments that other adults are having around your family.Bullying or negative comments made toward others should be stopped and reported to the school.It is important to avoid stereotyping any one group of people as responsible for the virus.When tensions are high, sometimes we try to blame someone.Tell them you love them and give them plenty of affection.It is important that they know they have someone who will listen to them make time for them.Children may need extra attention from you and may want to talk about their concerns, fears, and questions.Let your children talk about their feelings and help reframe their concerns into the appropriate perspective.Remind them that you and the adults at their school are there to keep them safe and healthy.If true, emphasize to your children that they and your family are fine.What you say and do about COVID-19, current prevention efforts, and related events can either increase or decrease your children’s anxiety.Children will react to and follow your verbal and nonverbal reactions. You may have to explain what comments mean if they are different than the values that you have at home. Limit television viewing or access to information on the Internet and through social media.Monitor television viewing and social media. Try to avoid watching or listening to information that might be upsetting when your children are present.Speak to your child about how many stories about COVID-19 on the Internet may be based on rumors and inaccurate information.
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