Dear parents and children,
It is supposed to be a time of family reunion and nationwide celebration. A sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease has disrupted everyone's pace, brought worries and doubts about the virus, as well as panic and anxiety about the increase of confirmed cases and deaths. As adults, we have our own ways on receiving, responding and understanding the world around us, but have you ever thought about what children feel about this? How can we let children know the connection between human beings, wild animals, viruses and other life in the world? What does illness and death mean? How can we understand the virus correctly?
In addition to wearing masks, washing hands frequently, not going out and other physical health protection measures, how can we emotional guide and care for children? I would like to share a letter with you, it is written by teacher Zheng Yan, hoping to help you in this situation:
Parents please take this into consideration:
● How to maintain a calm attitude when faced with all kinds of information and how to judge the authenticity of varying information
● How to get a comprehensive understanding of the epidemic based on facts and phenomena, whether I can understand the epidemic from various perspectives, and whether my personal perspective can be expanded by other people's perspective
● How to maintain a stable inner peace while dealing with the group emotions that may be aroused in the situation
● Can I learn more about myself, my emotional state and cognitive state through this epidemic? Does it expand my view of the essence of life, the relationship between human existence and nature, and the value, attitude and orientation of all life
● As adults, the more we can observe, feel and think based on facts in different perspectives, the more real, powerful and rich we can be for our children
Please remember when you care the children:
● A kind and good feeling for the world will become the basic condition for children to trust the world, trust others and be willing to become mature in the future. Therefore, for children of this age, it is not suitable to let them know the whole truth, nor to talk about the negative topic in front of children. We should consider what kind of language should be used to tell them what is happening around them and respond to their curiosity.
● Parents have asked me that how to respond to the children's questions at this time? In fact, if we can really feel it, we will find a proper answer, instead of relying on experts or others to tell us how to respond. The advice I can give is, maybe we can say, "a lot of people are sick outside, and many people are trying to take care of them. In order not to let more people get sick, each of us should take care of ourselves, and mom and dad will take care of you."
● For children of this age, in the special period when the epidemic makes people panic, we should pay attention to their emotional response when they hear the facts, and also respond to children by sharing our own emotional feelings: "I felt a little afraid when I heard about this; I was very sad to hear this news; I especially admire this person." In fact, to express our true feelings as adults is the best way for children to learn and know their feelings at this time. Children form their own judgments and understanding of things through these emotional experiences.
I hope that all parents and friends of xinnewton can pay attention to protection, not panic, keep collected and calm, and face the epidemic positively, and guide their children at the same time, so that they can learn to protect their lives, and feel love and warmth through the epidemic. At the same time, I wish the children to be healthy and strong! Big friends are happy and safe!
Yang Juan, head of Linglong Bay kindergarten in new Newton
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