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How to Raise Confident, Flexible Kids
Parents have been asking what it takes to ensure they do a good job parenting their children – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Helping Your Child Cope During COVID-19
Back to School There are plenty of challenges facing parents and families during the pandemic – from concerns about how to keep children healthy, to helping them stay active and get the social interactions that are part of a healthy and fulfilling life as they grow and develop.
Back to School: Types of Masks
Back to School Masks, facial cloth coverings, PPE (personal protective equipment), and respirator are all used interchangeably yet have distinct meanings. Let's explore the different types of masks you might be considering for back-to-school.
Back to School: Health and Safety Tips to Know Before They Go
Back to School As families, caregivers and students prepare for back-to-school, we are fielding questions and concerns about this annual rite of passage, now impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's our Facebook Live Q+A!
Back to School: Bus, Bike and Car Safety During COVID-19
Back to School While much of the back-to-school safety discussion has focused on what happens inside school, it’s important to consider safety precautions when traveling to and from school.
Helping Your Child Get Used to Masks
Back to School Wearing masks can be challenging for children – especially younger kids who may see face coverings as strange, uncomfortable or even scary. Parents and caregivers can help them through this difficult time by doing these basic things.
Pediatrician discusses back-to-school safety
Back to School Back-to-school checkups are a great way to ensure children are up to date on all immunizations and are healthy walking back into school day one.
Masks and Kids: What You Need to Know
Back to School As part of UVM Health Network's initiative to Spread Facts, Not COVID-19, Nilgun Zimakas, MD, a pediatrician with UVM Children’s Hospital, gives us guidance on how to talk to your children about mask wearing.
Q&A: UVM researcher on COVID-19 impact on kids and schools
Back to School A growing — albeit still quite limited — body of evidence offers hope, and suggests younger children are unlikely to be the culprits in spreading COVID-19. In a commentary published in the journal Pediatrics...
