Four Ways to Encourage Young Children to Wear Masks
The recent surge of cases from the highly infectious omicron variant of COVID-19 has many parents wondering what they can do to protect their families, and child care programs evaluating their health and safety protocols.
“Our goal at Catholic Charities is to keep children in care as often and consistently as possible,” says Janet MacDougall, Vice President of Family & Youth Services at Catholic Charities of Boston.
To do that, Catholic Charities’ child care programs have implemented multiple strategies to minimize exposure, including upgrading to KN95 masks for staff and requiring age-appropriate children and their parents to wear a mask per CDC recommendations prior to entering a program.
Tips for Encouraging Your Child to Wear a Mask
If your children are finding it difficult to wear a mask, they are not alone. It’s common for children to fear change or be uncomfortable with new routines. Here are four ways to make wearing a mask easier for your child:
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The Bottom Line
While wearing a mask may be difficult at first for young children, it’s one of the best tools child care providers have for keeping their classrooms healthy and for minimizing exposure to children, staff, and the greater community.
Original Article: Catholic Charities news page.
As one of Massachusetts's largest social service organizations, Catholic Charities of Boston serves our most vulnerable neighbors each year, regardless of religion, race, gender, age, disability, or ethnicity. Catholic Charities has five hub locations in Dorchester, Lynn, Brockton, Lowell, and South Boston, with 23 program locations supporting families across Eastern Massachusetts. The agency's four core services assist clients with Basic Needs, Family & Youth Services, Adult Education & Workforce Development, and Refugee & Immigrant Services. We help our clients move from crisis to stability to self-sufficiency.
Catholic Charities of Boston serves a culturally diverse population of over 1,100 infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten, and school-age children each year in its Family & Youth Services Division. To learn more about our child care services, please visit ccab.org/childcare