In-person learning fears, vaccine trials for kids and more from NYT Parenting.
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While it might seem like summer has only just begun, for some kids it's already time to get back to class — and many U.S. school districts are returning to in-person instruction. That fact is making some parents fearful for their children's health as the coronavirus continues to spread and local school boards squabble over mask mandates. |
This week, Tara Parker-Pope addresses your fears and concerns with an article that answers questions such as: How can it be safe for children to go back to classrooms during a pandemic? What are the risks of Covid-19 and the Delta variant to children? And what precautions can we take at home to lower a child's risk? |
"While much of the public health conversation has been focused on booster shots and breakthrough infections, parents are frustrated at the lack of advice for families," Tara writes, "particularly those with children under 12 years old, who are not yet eligible for a Covid vaccine." |
Meanwhile, vaccine makers are expanding clinical trials to include more children in the 5- to 11-year-old age range, in order to detect rare side effects that may be associated with the shot. "Those include myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the lining around the heart, multiple people familiar with the trials said," Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland report. |
As summer wraps up, Ellen Barry finds that a high demand for workers across the country has hit summer camps particularly hard: "While most camps have found ways to navigate the smaller labor pool, some camp directors complain that young adults they have hired are 'ghosting' them — failing to show up or leaving jobs without notice." |
In the On Tech newsletter, Shira Ovide writes that screen time for kids isn't necessarily the boogeyman it's been painted to be. And finally, Grace Loh Prasad details an art project that has sustained her family through the pandemic: origami. |
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Our 18-month-old daughter is currently obsessed with the song "If You're Happy and You Know It." As it turns out, she happily does whatever the prompt is. Typically, she hates brushing her teeth and having her diaper changed, but if we add whatever the task is to the song, she goes along with a big happy smile on her face. Game changer! — Jenny Jacobi, Austin |
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