Kids externalize their symptoms easier than the adults. There is a Perah program in which medical students regularly go to elementary school classes to speak about oral hygiene, the dangers of smoking and preventive medicine in general. The children get a lot out of it, as do the students, whose tuition fees are reduced. They will certainly be impressed by the photos taken by BGU medical student and amateur photographer Ran Schweid, who volunteered his services. I could see that the children's fears and anxieties about contact with strangers and going to doctors had been reduced.
Some kids have parents in the hospital.
They keep talking about the event and their teddies' treatment over and over. They are much more expressive. It was good that stuffed animals were chosen, and not Barbie dolls, for example, which meant the boys did not hesitate to participate. Some of the children had never seen a teddy bear before. Bruria, who has been a kindergarten teacher for 30 years, says she hopes Bloch will continue to visit her class and talk to the children about their stuffed animals' conditions.