Helping Kids and Teens through the School Year - PediaCast 499

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4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dr Parker Huston visits the studio as we consider the new school year’s impact on mental health. In a normal year, anxiety is common when classes resume. Add in a pandemic, and things are tougher still. We explore what students and parents can do to ease the transition.

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0:00.0	This is PEDYACAST.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.8	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome.
0:32.1	Once again to Pediacast.
0:34.0	It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:37.8	This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from nationwide children's hospital.
0:42.0	We're in Columbus, Ohio.
0:44.4	It's episode 499 for August 19th, 2021.
0:49.3	We're calling this one helping kids and teens through the school year.
0:53.6	I want to welcome all of you
0:55.0	to the program. So it is that time of year once again. Summer is winding down. Schools are
1:02.8	opening up. And in what has become common in these days of the continued COVID-19 pandemic,
1:08.9	there is lots of uncertainty in the air. You know, we're not certain what
1:13.3	impact school will have on community transmission of the virus. We're not sure if the Delta
1:18.5	variant, which represents the overwhelming majority of new cases in the United States,
1:23.3	we're not sure if Delta will make a difference for schools compared to last year's experience.
1:29.3	We're not sure when COVID vaccines will be available for those under the age of 12 years.
1:34.8	And while the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1:39.1	strongly recommend universal masking for everyone in the classroom this year, including students
1:45.6	and teachers of all grade levels. Despite these recommendations, many school districts and local
1:51.1	governments and state governments are uncertain about their masking guidelines and enforcement.
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