Question: Are there resources available to help me explain to my child why she/he cannot see friends, visit grandparents, and go to school for the near future?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Frequently Asked Questions
section_headers: School Dismissals and Children
While school’s out, limit time with older adults, including relatives, and people with chronic medical conditions.
section_content: Older adults and people who have serious underlying medical
conditions are at highest risk of getting sick
from COVID-19.

If others in your home are at particularly high risk for severe illness from COVID-19, consider extra precautions to separate your child from those people.
If you are unable to stay home with your child during school dismissals, carefully consider who might be best positioned to provide childcare. If someone at higher risk for COVID-19 will be providing care (older adult, such as a grandparent or someone with a serious underlying medical condition), limit your children’s contact with other people.
Consider postponing visits or trip to see older family members and grandparents. Connect virtually or by writing letters and sending via mail.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The question is about helping children emotionally.  The answer is about preventing the spread in older people.
This answer does not address helping parents use talking points to explain to their children why they can't see friends and go back to school.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Children
section_headers: Limit time with people at highest risk of severe illness from COVID-19
section_content: Older adults and people who have serious underlying medical
conditions are at highest risk of severe illness
from COVID-19.

If others in your home are at particularly high risk for severe illness from COVID-19, consider extra precautions to separate your child from those people.
If you are unable to stay home with your child while school is out, carefully consider who might be best positioned to provide child care. If someone at higher risk for COVID-19 will be providing care (older adult, such as a grandparent or someone with a chronic medical condition), limit your children’s contact with other people.
Consider postponing visits or trip to see older family members and grandparents. Connect virtually or by writing letters and sending via mail.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The answer is about preventing the spread in older people.  The question is about helping children understand the virus.
This answer does not answer the initial question, since the original question asks for talking points to tell their children.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Children
section_headers: Limit time with other children
section_content: If children meet in groups, it can put everyone at risk. Children can pass
this virus onto others who may be at higher risk, including older adults and
people who have serious underlying medical
conditions.
Practice social distancing
The key to slowing the spread of COVID-19 is to limit contact as much as
possible. While school is out, children should not have in-person playdates
with children from other households. If children are playing outside their own
homes, it is essential that they remain 6 feet from anyone who is not in their
own household.
To help children maintain social connections while social distancing, help
your children have supervised phone calls or video chats with their friends.
Clean hands often
Make sure children practice everyday preventive
behaviors, such as washing their hands often with soap and water
for at least 20 seconds. This is especially important if you have been in a
public place.
Change travel plans
Revise travel plans if they included non-essential travel.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The information is about helping children so it may be useful to someone who is asking this question.  Still, the question is about children's emotional well being, not their physical health.
This does not answer the question of what parents should say to their children during a pandemic.

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