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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I gently tried to explain to my children (7 and 4) last month that coronavirus is probably never going to go away and my seven-year-old almost started crying.

My heart absolutely breaks for my kids - and all kids! So many cornerstones of childhood and youth are either not accessible or severely limited. It is awful.  Worse, I really don’t know what I can do to make things better. [/quote]

You are absolutely right, it is never going to go away.  It will become endemic, just like the flu and many other viruses.  Vaccines improve the situation, therapeutics will help, etc.  but this pretending like life will never be “normal” again, and scaring your 7yo to the point of crying, isn’t healthy or accurate.  You must realize that.  Do you scare your children about the flu or RSV?
This is TEMPORARY, people.  Come on.  My unvaccinated children have been living a nearly normal life for at least the past 6 months, with the exception of a curb to some indoor activities like indoor playdates and dining.  But they’ve both been in daycare, my oldest just started Kindergarten, and we’ve made an effort to provide them with age-appropriate information without scaring them,[/quote]

+1 Do you honestly think that “normal life” means life with no risks? That is literally life in a plastic bubble. We will adapt and go on. That is resilience, which it sounds like you are struggling with. Don’t traumatize your child.

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