If you're like so many other thousands of parents across the country right now, you face the challenge of preparing your children for school every day. What once consisted of getting lunch ready and eating breakfast is now a much more serious endeavour. You have to shield them against the COVID-19 virus.
Protecting your child from the virus that continues to infect worldwide is undoubtedly stressful, and at times might even feel a little surreal. While some kids don't have issues wearing a mask or sanitizing their belongings every day, some might be too young to understand or recognize the severity of the COVID-19 consequences.
Regardless of age, ensuring that your child is safe and healthy is a priority right now. It's recommended to wear facial masks (or, coverings) in public by health experts worldwide, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Wearing one helps reduce the virus's spread.
We've compiled a list of ways to help make the facial mask wearing-process easier and to help you relax a little better when the kids are at school.
Let Kids Design Their Own
If there's one thing that kids of all ages enjoy, it's having things go their way. Whether your kids are toddlers or teenagers, they want their opinions heard. Instead of purchasing generic fabric facial coverings, why not get them to create custom printed masks from a professional screen-printing company? Creating personalized facial mask designs enables kids to have a say in this new, mandatory piece of their wardrobe.
Screen-printing offers so many design opportunities. Your child could create their own unique design or they could make masks with characters from their favourite TV shows, movies, and video games.
The right company will easily allow you to upload images on their site so your kids can design the mask without even having to leave the house.
Show Them Their Role Models
Children are impressionable. If they see one of their heroes wearing a mask, chances are they'll follow suit. Hop online and search for whomever your child idolizes to show them that it's cool to wear a mask. For example, Ariana Grande was spotted leaving a Los Angeles gym this past summer wearing a facial covering. If Ariana Grande wearing a mask at the gym isn't cool, living her best life, then we're not sure what is.
Practice at Home
Students in the classroom have to wear masks for extended periods. This is challenging to do for people at any age, let alone children. Practice by wearing masks at home. Have the entire family put coverings on while lounging and watching the TV. Or, set timers for a couple of hours each day on the weekend, so they become accustomed to the fabric.
It's a strange world we're living in, but science tells us that we'll help lessen the virus's strength by wearing facial coverings. Ensure your children are healthy and safe, and follow these tips on making face coverings a little more manageable.
