Talking with Children About Coronavirus Disease 2019: Messages for Parents, School Staff, and Others Working with Children: March 9, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  As public conversations around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increase, children may worry about themselves, their family, and friends getting ill with COVID-19. Parents, family members, school staff, and other trusted adults can play an important role in helping children make sense of what they hear in a way that is honest, accurate, and minimizes anxiety or fear. CDC has created guidance to help adults have conversations with children about COVID-19 and ways they can avoid getting and spreading the disease.
  
  General principles for talking to children -- Facts about COVID-19 for discussions with children -- Resources
  
  
• Subjects:
  Children Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Pandemics/prevention & Control
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:943bc8db82e8ab320f7db62f5530d244dedd28e2f4825795b4777c213806fcc7335e2234cbffe633de048a7f61b79afaf70946ef26df130a3a0729bf1cb5f012
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85899/cdc_85899_DS1.pdf
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