WE’RE LIVING WITH SO MANY UNKNOWNS DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND IN THIS SEGMENT WE TRY TO
ELIMINATE AT LEAST SOME OF THAT
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED ONE
OF THOSE UNKNOWNS HAS BEEN THE
EFFECT OF THIS NEW NORMAL
ON KIDS FROM SOCIAL DISTANCING
TO MASK-WEARING TO HEADING BACK
TO SCHOOL IN THE TIME OF COVID
JOINING US FOR TODAY’S KSAT QNA
IS CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
PSYCHIATRIST WITH YOU TO HELP
SAN ANTONIO DOCTOR DONNA ROYBAL
DOCTOR THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY. I WANT TO FIRST ASK YOU.
THE BEST WAYS THAT PARENTS CAN
TRY TO PREPARE THEIR KIDS FOR
WHAT’S GOING TO BE A
DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT SCHOOL
YEAR THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THE
MASK-WEARING NOT BEING ABLE
TO MOVE AS FREELY THROUGHOUT
THEIR SCHOOLS AS KIDS ARE USED
TO WHAT SHOULD PARENTS BE
TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT RIGHT
NOW.
IT’S JUST IMPORTANT TO LIKE YOU
SAID PREPARE THEM TO LET THEM
KNOW THAT.
AROUND THEIR DESK OR THEY’RE
SQUARE ONE. IT IS WE’RE AGE
GROUP THEY’RE IN THERE WHATEVER
IT IS TO SCHOOLS, PREPARING
THEM FOR PROVIDING THEM.
THE STATE.
>> TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY
SHOULD WEAR THEIR MASK AT ALL
TIMES AND IT’S ALSO RUN TO LEFT
NO THAT IS ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS
DOES COME UP CLOSE TO THEM OR
TOUCHES THEM. THAT’S OK THEY
DON’T NEED TO BE OVERLY ANXIOUS
ABOUT THAT THAT THEY CAN JUST
ADDRESS THAT ALI AS THEY WOULD
WITHIN THEIR FAMILY.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: HOW DO YOU
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE TOUGH
QUESTIONS THAT ARE INEVITABLY
GOING TO COME UP, YOU KNOW HOW
DO
YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A PANDEMIC OR
COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS IS TO SOME
OF THESE KIDS.
>> YOU KNOW FOR THE YOUNGER
ONES, IT’S JUST IMPORTANT TO
LET THEM KNOW THAT.
LET THEM KNOW THE BEHAVIORS YOU
WANT THEM TO
SEE SO YOU CAN OF COURSE LET
THEM KNOW THAT SOMETHING OUT
THERE LIKE THE FLU OR WHEN
YOU’RE SICK AND THAT YOU JUST
DON’T LOT THAT OBVIOUSLY SPREAD
THAT ARE CATCHING ON THEIR OWN.
AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO PUT IT ON THEIR TERMS AND EXERCISE THAT THEY SHOULD STAY WITHIN THEIR
OWN AREA KEEP THEIR MASK ON FOR
THE OLDER KIDS OF COURSE
UNDERSTAND MORE I THINK IT’S
HARDER FOR TEENAGERS BECAUSE
THEY ARE SO
ALSO MORE LIKELY TO SOCIALIZE
AND KIND OF FORGET ABOUT THOSE
SORTS BOUNDARIES THAT WE NEED
TO KEEP BUT SUPPORT JUST TO
KEEP THOSE REMINDERS AND TO
MODEL THE BEHAVIOR THAT YOU
WANT TO SEE YOUR KIDS HAVE
MODEL THAT AND YOUR SAW.
>> ALL OF THESE BARRIERS I
THINK A BIT ALL OF US SO KIDS,
ESPECIALLY I WOULD IMAGINE
COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE A
TOUGH I’M WITH THIS AND THERE’S
ALSO GOING TO BE KIDS WHO ARE
REMOTE LEARNING THERE. THEY MAY
NOT GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
SO WHAT ARE SOME RED FLAGS THAT
PARENTS OUGHT TO LOOK OUT FOR
JUST TO SEE IF THEIR KID MAYBE
STRUGGLING
WITH THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE NEW
NORMALS HOW SHOULD PARENTS
ADDRESS PROBLEMS.
ABSOLUTELY SO. >> ONE OF THE BEHAVIORS THEY’VE ALREADY SEEN EMOTIONS. THE SAME
COME OUT OF IT SO FAR DURING
THIS SORT OF STAY AT HOME KIND
IT IS BASICALLY KIDS BECOMING QUITE IRRITABLE. MORE ANXIOUS AND.
WAY SO WHEN THEIR BEHAVIOR
BECOMES JUST RUBBLE AND THAT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO BE
SOOTHED BUT.
THAT’S WHEN YOU BECOME
CONCERNED AND YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY COME AND TALK TO A
PROFESSIONAL ABOUT.
USUALLY ACTING OUT BEHAVIOR
SOME KIDS GET JUST HAD IT’S
VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING SICK
OR SPREADING THE VIRUS. OTHER
KIDS HAVE BECOME MORE.
SO ANY CHANGES TO BE A CURSE THAT YOU SEE FROM YOUR OWN CHILD AND.
IS A CAUSE
FOR CONCERN.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: YOU BROUGHT
UP SOMETHING THAT THAT REALLY
STRUCK ME MODELED THE BEHAVIOR
THAT YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO TAKE
WITH THEM EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
>> SURE SO ESPECIALLY FOR THE
LITTLE ONES TO
HAVE A HARD TIME GRASPING
UNDERSTANDING OF THE OF THE
ILLNESS
OF COURSE AND IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR THEM TO JUST SEE THAT THEIR
PARENTS ARE TOO EARLY.
TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE WHICH IS
TO WEAR A MASK TO DO YOUR SAFE
SOCIAL DISTANCING TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO OTHER
PEOPLE’S HOMES ON IN MARCH
FRUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES
THAT INSTEAD OUT TO BE SAFE
DURING HIS HAND UP. AND IF THE
KIDS SEE THE PARENTS DOING THAT
THE LITTLE ONES WELL.
DO WHAT THEIR PARENTS ARE DOING
AND THAT’S IMPORTANT TO THE
YOUNGER.
>> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUNGER
AGE I THINK SO MANY KIDS WHO
WHO ARE YOUNGER.
THEY LEARN BY DOING WITH GOING
OUT TO RESTAURANTS THEY LEARN
HOW TO BEHAVE IN THAT SCENARIO
GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE.
A LOT OF KIDS HAVEN’T BEEN
DOING THAT LATELY SO ONCE WE’RE
ABLE TO MOVE MORE FREELY ABOUT
MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE LESS
RESTRICTIONS AND PARENTS FEEL
MORE COMFORTABLE TAKING THEIR
KIDS OUT IN PUBLIC. SHOULD WE
PREPARE FOR ANY KIND OF
REGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS OR PERHAPS
TAKING 2 STEPS BACK SIMPLY
BECAUSE KIDS HAVE NOT BEEN IN
THESE SCENARIOS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
>> I THINKS THERE WILL BE A SET
OF KIDS THAT ARE SO EXCITED TO
SEE OTHER PEOPLE AND SEE THEIR
FRIENDS
THAT SHE THEY MAY FORGET ABOUT
THAT AND RESET HAVE TO KEEP IN
TERMS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE THAT
KIDS WHO ARE SORT
FREIGHT AND WONDERING WHAT THIS
BIG NEW WORLD NEEDS TO GET
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS LIKE
ARSENIC IN HOT ZONES IN AGE
BEEN STUCK INSIDE FOR SO LONG
SO ON THERE YOU MAY SEE SOME
REGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS IN SOME
KIDS OR YOU MAY SEE THE EXTREME
OPPOSITE WHERE THEY’RE JUST
REALLY EXCITED THEY’RE RUNNING
AROUND YOU NEED TO KIND OF REIN
THEM IN.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: WITH SO MUCH ANXIETY AND SO MUCH STRESS
OUT THERE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIPS ON JUST HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH SOME
OF THE YOUNGER ONES THAT ARE IN
OUR LIVES DOCTOR DONNA ROYBAL
FROM DUTY HEALTH SAN ANTONIO.