Concerns linked to the new coronavirus range from managing sick days to global financial markets, so it can be easy to overlook some of the most vulnerable among us: children.
Children tend to spend most of their time in school or in daycare, in close contact with other children, a fact that when considered alongside too-infrequent hand-washings after sneezes and coughs, well, it's no wonder they're so often sick.Fortunately, there's no evidence children are more susceptible to COVID-19, the new coronavirus.
"Know what your kids are watching and hearing, then correct, monitor, limit and review together as necessary," Dr. Robin Goodman, associate director of Public Education and Bereavement at Child HELP Partnership, told ABC News.Children may be worried about how the virus not only affects them but also their friends or parents or other family members, Goodman added.
When it comes to hygiene, all children should be reminded to wash their hands, with older children also helping remind younger children.