{"id":329,"date":"2020-03-30T08:06:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindspa.me\/?p=329"},"modified":"2020-03-30T08:06:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:06:34","slug":"mommy-why-are-we-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/mommy-why-are-we-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Mommy, why are we home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>How to talk about the coronavirus and the quarantine with your child.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-yellow-plastic-toy-3933239-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-yellow-plastic-toy-3933239-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-yellow-plastic-toy-3933239-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/girl-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-yellow-plastic-toy-3933239-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The current situation raises many questions for parents: is it worth it to explain to children what\u2019s happening, or is it better to lie and keep silent? How to talk, what to say, how to behave in general?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First and foremost, in no circumstances should you go into extremes like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nothing\u2019s going on, everything is fine and dandy, you\u2019re just imagining that something\u2019s wrong.<\/li><li>Everything\u2019s terrible, we\u2019re all gonna die, so we\u2019re barricading ourselves in the house and staying here, frightened.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our opinion on this is as follows: if a child is at the age when he feels and understands that something beyond the ordinary is going on, you have to talk about it. This is even more important if the child is asking questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your explanations must take into account the child\u2019s age and level of comprehension. For example, if a child is small and his only concern is that he can\u2019t go for a walk and ride a bicycle, you should concentrate on this aspect only, without trying to explain the situation in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the younger kids, a disease is a completely abstract concept and they see it only from the point of view of its consequences (I can\u2019t play with my friend or have a birthday party with everyone from the kindergarten).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your child\u2019s a bit older, it\u2019s important to explain why you should stay home now. Choose the words that he\u2019d understand at this age and that\u2019d give him clear information, but not frighten him. Explanations can vary \u2013 here\u2019s one of them, suitable for elementary schoolers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-white-background-color\" href=\"http:\/\/onelink.to\/7w9cpv\" style=\"color:#408ac4;border-radius:50px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download: <strong>Mindspa<\/strong> &#8212; 4UR Mental Wellbeing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cA lot of people in different countries are sick now. Remember how you got sick last year, and didn\u2019t go to school, and we didn\u2019t go visit anyone so that they didn&#8217;t get sick, too? And now, so that the virus doesn\u2019t spread, and people get sick less, you need to stay at home. We\u2019re safe and we\u2019ll find some fun ways to spend time. What would you like to do?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the child has questions, don\u2019t wave him off under any circumstances. There\u2019s a strong temptation to say something like \u201cyou\u2019ll understand when you grow up\u201d, or \u201cYes, everything\u2019s fine! What makes you think that something\u2019s wrong!\u201d A child, even an older preschool one, can see perfectly well, and feels the tension hanging in the air, sees his anxious parents, his frightened grandma. If he doesn\u2019t receive any explanations for what\u2019s going on, he is forced to look for them himself, and believe me \u2013 those interpretations are much worse than reality. It is in such situations that children begin to sleep poorly and begin acquiring many fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The less information is coming from the parents, especially if the child can already hear and understand a lot, the more anxiety he\u2019s experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s very important to explain to the child, calmly and without negative connotations, that the quarantine is an important thing that\u2019s necessary in order not to get sick. This is the same as wearing warmer clothes when it\u2019s cold outside. It\u2019s: a) not scary; b) brief and c) will end soon. There are simply certain rules that must be followed for now.<br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to talk about the coronavirus and the quarantine with your child. The current situation raises many questions for parents: is it worth it to explain to children what\u2019s happening, or is it better to lie and keep silent? How to talk, what to say, how to behave in general? First and foremost, in no&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/mommy-why-are-we-home\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leggi tutto &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mommy, why are we home?<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[102,227,325,339,477,543,550,752,769,892,1120,1131],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-health","tag-anxiety","tag-children","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid19","tag-emergency","tag-family","tag-fear","tag-isolation","tag-kid","tag-mom","tag-psychology","tag-quarantine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindspa-dev.ru\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}