Gone are the days when parents should only worry about stuff like school supplies during their kids' return to school.
Nowadays, a list of what parents should do as schools reopen became a little longer.
Parents should also take all the precautionary measures to ensure that their kids will be safe from the coronavirus. As many would say, these preventive measures are already the new normal.
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According to health experts, parents will be playing an essential role in ensuring that kids are safe, and the coronavirus will not drastically spread in schools. Here are four health tips for parents as kids return to school:
Provide the kids with facemasks
Studies have shown that wearing masks have slowed down the spread of the coronavirus.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has repeatedly reminded the public about wearing masks. Children should do the same, mainly since they will be confined in a classroom with other kids who are also possible carriers of the coronavirus.
Whether kids are going to wear cloth face masks or disposable ones, it would also be nice if they are provided with an extra facemask. This way, they can change the facemask if the ones they are wearing get wet.
Check the kids' wellness every morning
Their parents should religiously check kids' temperature before they leave for school. According to Chatham County Nurse Manager Tammi Brown, children with a temperature higher than 100.4 should be kept home.
Brown adds, "They should also assess for symptoms every morning before they go to school." If the children show any of the following symptoms. then they should no longer attend classes:
- Sore throat
- cough
- diarrhea
- nausea.
Parents should be honest about their kids' well-being.
In the past, parents can still send their children to school even if they are not feeling well. However, in the new normal, this should not be the case.
Pediatrician, Dr. Ben Spitalnick says that parents should be honest about their children's well-being.
Dr. Spitalnick says reminds parents, "Be honest with school and yourself. If you're sick, stay home from work, if your child is sick, let the school know and keep them home."
Provide enough supplies for the kids
Now that sanitizing is a must, kids should also have enough resources to sanitize when necessary.
Parents should think of giving their kids hand sanitizer. Also, for kids to clean their desks and other things, they should have some wipes handy. They can do this at the beginning and end of every day to stay safe from the coronavirus.
