The CDC has recommended people wear masks in public to protect against COVID-19. What about children and babies?
“The bottom line is that wearing a mask is better for reducing the spread of COVID-19 than not wearing one,” Darzynkiewicz said. “Homemade masks are also ideal options to save [personal protective equipment] for medical personnel on the front lines.”“If you think your child might keep a mask on, the first thing you want to do is make sure they understand that they have to try and not touch it,”
That isn’t just important from a safety perspective, Kawamura emphasized. It can also help your child feel calm and in control if they get some experience wearing a mask with you, at home, before they’re out in the real world.Your kid might be confused or, frankly, freaked out about why they’re being asked to wear a mask for the first time, or why they’re suddenly surrounded by adults who are. So have a frank conversation now about why this is all happening, tailored to their age.
“If parents are saying with their words, ‘It’s fine, it’s nothing to worry about, we have our masks to keep us safe,’ but with their body language and their actions, they’re modeling a different emotional reaction, kids are going to pick up on that,” Read said. “Actually using a mask in any kind of responsible way is really very tricky,” said Enriquez, the emergency medicine doctor. “I’m not a huge fan of recommending this, because I worry it encourages people to go out and do the things they shouldn’t be doing, to be honest.”
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