Mission 10

💬 "8 year olds are wearing masks, my 13 year old is fully vaccinated."

💬 "Avoiding trips as much as possible. Masking and social distancing inside apartment building and indoor activities and applying proper hand washing."

💬 "Monitoring who they are around and communicating with other children’s parents."

💬 "We limit ourselves to outdoor activities and always mask up"

💬 "Maintaining the required precautions"

💬 "Keeping socially distant, handwashing, hand sanitizer, and MASK!"

💬 "We are avoiding large gatherings, doing mostly outdoor activities, masking for summer camp, and getting groceries delivered to avoid stores."

💬 "Limiting indoor activities. Wearing masks indoors (if we go anywhere indoors). No indoor dining. Lots of outside play. Buying more masks so they always have an extra."

💬 "Using mask and cleaning hands"

💬 "My children wear masks in public and even at home when their grandparents visit. My children will be doing another year of virtual learning to stay safe."

💬 "At summer camp I'm making sure our children know that they need to keep their masks on - even if some of their friends take theirs off. We have opened up our social circle to our friends with vaccinated parents and that has been wonderful. We are only doing activities where the kids can wear masks inside until they can get vaccinated."

💬 "We keep our vulnerable child at home. The other kids in my house were old enough to be vaccinated so they all got vaccinated. We all still wear masks in public and we don't go to large gatherings or dine in restaurants. If my older kids want to visit friends, they have to meet outdoors and wear masks."

💬 "Personal leadership. I wash my hands. We elbow and do not hug. Our family also discusses the realistic changes in our lives."

💬 "Keeping them away from non family persons; frequent washing hands"

💬 "We have developed a routine and I have been very open with my 5 and 8 year old about illness, germs, keeping a distance and getting others sick. Every morning we take our temperatures, and brush our teeth and rinse with Listerine antiseptic. Everyday after class they drop their masks in the dirty clothes and grab a new mask every morning. When we come home, everyone washes their hands and rebrushes their teeth with listerine. We are also taking multi-vitamins with immune boosters and the adults have had their vaccines. Lastly, I purchased the hand sanitizer in bulk and have attached little sanitizers to their backpacks for them to use whenever they feel they need it. I work from home to lessen the risk of contact and we limit the people we are in contact with."

💬 "Keeping them mostly home. Outdoor activities only with other children. Masking indoors in public. Visits with grandparents where everyone in the home is fully vaccinated. No indoor dining."

💬 "Vaccinations and masks when required"

💬 "My 1st grade child today talked about the vaccine on the way to camp. They were concerned about it hurting so I told them we would celebrate once they got it. We have told them that masks are something we wear in our family as promises to each other to keep each other safe. My Pre-K child knows "the virus" is making things hard right now. We have found PBS Kids and Sesame Street to be very helpful, as well as our children's school and camp teachers."

💬 "I’m letting them know that we need to be cautious of who they play with. But reassure them that they don’t need to be scared."

💬 "As a covid survivor, my child knows first hand how it might effect a person"

💬 "We have been talking to them for a long time. The 8 year olds were virtual all year. They understand we are trying to keep them safe."

💬 "He knows that outside our household cleanliness, distancing and masking are required to not catch COVID. We may have over-steered because he prefers virtual learning to the idea of masking in school. That may be a concern for many (especially if they are old enough to skip school)"

💬 "I’ve explained the virus to them, what it is and how it spread, the importance of wearing mask and social distancing. That they should always wash their hands and try not to touch other people or their belongings."

💬 "We talk about percentage of cases, what that means for them and what is expected (wearing masks, washing hands, social distancing). I haven't seen many science based resources for early elementary school. We use science and critical thinking/ risk assessment based information and teaching for our family. The CDC has some great resources but seem more basic than we need."

💬 "Masking and distancing is still a great way to protect yourself."

💬 "We watch documentaries and read news."

💬 "I answer any questions they have and we read and watch credible news sources. We also talk about the science behind the virus and why it is mutating."

💬 "I just explained that it's a deadly disease and we don't want anyone to get sick or die, so we must protect ourselves with masks, vaccines, and social distancing."

💬 "Our national leadership encouraged mixed messages. We tell adults that the pandemic may go on for years. We tell adults that booster shots are necessary. We tell children that the pandemic is almost over, don’t worry. We tell children don’t worry about a vaccine just ask for help if your tummy or head hurts. The point is that we are acknowledging the pandemic to everyone and asking for different behavior depending on age. This insight is important. It’s not wrong to talk to adults differently. Kids shouldn’t worry about how to grow up safely."

💬 "Just teaching them what the virus is and why we try to keep them safe"

💬 "Good old communication with your children. I want them to be just as scared of this as I am so they will protect themselves when I cannot."

💬 "I keep them as informed as I am with covid-19 and vaccines. They also watch the news and read newspapers and ask questions."

💬 "Constantly updating them on the latest news and science. Educating that the more people are vaccinated, the safer we all are. Encouraging them not to get their news from social media and the importance of reliable source"