Not sure how to talk to your kids about the new coronavirus? These resources can help:

• Check out this informative and entertaining comic for kids by National Public Radio.

• Explore How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus, a site from PBS Kids that includes a list of videos, games, and activities about hand washing and staying healthy

• Check out Pandemics: How They Start, How we Fight Them, How to Prevent Them, a special issue published by Muse magazine / Cricket Media for families.

• Talking to Your Children about the Coronavirus (4-minute video; en español) from the Child Mind Institute

• Why are People Wearing Masks? Why are People Covering Their Faces? from Zero to Three

• Check out these parent guidelines from the National Association of School Psychologists.

• See UNICEF’s suggestions on helping and comforting children.

How to talk to kids about stigma and racism in the time of coronavirus:

• A helpful resource on discussing stigma with kids from the National Association of School Psychologists.

• The CDC discusses the importance of addressing stigma, here, too.

Keeping kids busy and socially connected:

• How Parents Can Keep Kids Busy (and Learning) in Quarantine from The Atlantic

• Supporting Young Children Isolated Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (PDF) from Louisiana State University

• Five Tips to Make the Most of Video Chats from Zero to Three

Staying Healthy:

• Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Information about Coronavirus Disease 2019 from the CDC

• COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Grandfamilies and Multigenerational Families from Generations United

• Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (PDF; en español) from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network