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Stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 have been in place for several months now.

For many parents, these requirements have led to a balancing act between working from home

and attending to their children.

Families have been forced to adapt to unexpected disruptions in their daily routines,

and kids have been isolated from their peers, all of which can affect their psychological well-being.

I think even though everyone is having some experience of loss and grief over not getting to do the things they're used to doing,

we're going to see a lot of individual differences in how kids react. University of Washington psychologist Lillianna Langua, she says a child's

temperament has a big influence on how they respond to stressful events. Kids who are already

prone to being fearful or anxious might be especially anxious about getting sick or about family

members getting sick.

Very sociable kids may struggle more with social isolation than others do.

And kids who are easily frustrated may become even more so.

But despite these differences, Languas says parents can help their kids cope by validating their

feelings.

Validating really means hearing, listening, recognizing what the source of that person's

emotional experience is, and recognizing the truth of it.

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