March 17, 2020

How To Talk To Your Kids About Coronavirus

Original story from   WVPE-FM

Jennifer Weingart
Article origination WVPE-FM
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Kids are home from school and encouraged to stay away from older relatives to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But, how do you explain to your children all these unprecedented changes? 

WVPE’s Jennifer Weingart spoke to a psychologist from the University of Notre Dame about how to talk to kids about coronavirus.

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