WELL
WELL NEW
WELL NEW THIS MORNING IT'S BEEN A CONCERN AT HOME, IN PUBLIC AND NOW IN THE CLASSROOM. HOW
ARE WE GONNA GET OUR KIDS TO
KEEP THEIR MASKS ON? YOU'VE GOT
A FLORIDA THREE YEAR OLD TO
TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A
CHALLENGE FOR YOU. YEAH. YOU
KNOW, I MEAN YOU PUT THE MASK
ON THEM AND BEING 4 AND 3 THEY
ACCEPT IT. BUT IF THEY WERE
LIKE 13 AND 14, MAYBE THEY
MIGHT NOT. A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. SO WE ARE HEARING
FROM A LOT OF PARENTS ABOUT
THIS. AN EXPERT TELLS US IT
COMES DOWN TO A CONVERSATION
AND MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE
CREATIVE AS WELL. MEREDITH, I
KNOW THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK
TO A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO GAVE US
SOME GREAT TIPS ON HOW TO
HANDLE THIS. YEAH. IT'S SO
INTERESTING WHAT YOU JUST SAID,
CARLOS, BECAUSE I THINK FOR A
LOT OF KIDS THEY'RE FINDING THE
OPPOSITE THAT THEIR YOUNGER
KIDS WANT TO TAKE IT OFF. THEY
DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ON
THEIR FACE. THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT. WHEREAS OLDER
KIDS YOU CAN AT LEAST KIND HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION. WE'RE DOING
THIS FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
WE'RE DOING THIS FOR GRANDMA
AND GRANDPA. SO YES, I DID
SPEAK TO AS A CHILD
PSYCHOLOGIST ABOUT SORT OF THE
MINDSET BEHIND THIS. I MEAN I
WAS PUTTING THE PIECE TOGETHER.
WE REALIZED HAVE A LOT OF VIDEO
OF KIDS IN MASKS. SO WE ASKED
OUR CHANNEL 13 VIEWERS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE PHOTOS
OF THEIR KIDS WEARING MASKS
WITH US. SO THOSE WILL BE ALL
THE PHOTOS YOU WILL SEE. CHECK
IT OUT. JUST GIVE US SORT OF AN
OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS HAS BEEN
FOR YOU AS A PEDIATRIC DOCTOR
TELLING KIDS ABOUT MASKS AND
HAVING KIDS WEAR THEM AND
HAVING KIDS BEING COMFORTABLE
WITH THEIR PARENTS WEARING.
YEAH. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO
I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T HAD THAT
CONVERSATION WITH KIDS TOO MUCH
MORE SO I'M LIKLY TO TALK WITH
THEIR PARENTS ABOUT IT AND
SPECIFICALLY TALK TO THEIR
PARENTS ABOUT HOW CAN WE HELP
KIDS UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE
WEARING MASKS. AND ALSO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO
WEAR THEIR MASK. HOW CAN YOU
PREPARE KIDS IF THEY ARE LIKE
YOU HAD BEEN AT HOME THEY
DIDN'T GO OUT TO THE STORE AND
I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT.
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. SO I THINK IN
GENERAL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU INTRODUCE THE MASK AT
HOME IN A SAFE SPACE FIRST IF
THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND
JUST SEE THAT IT'S COMPLETELY
CHANGED, THAT'S GOING TO BE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
VERSUS IF THEIR PARENTS HAVE
GOTTEN THEM USED TO THE IDEA AT
HOME FIRST WHERE YOU FIND THAT
PARENTS ARE SAYING IS THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE MASK.
I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
FOR FAMILIES IS HOW DO I GET
THIS CHILD TO WEAR A MASK? THEY
DON'T WANT TO WEAR IT. IT'S
UNCOMFORTABLE. AND SO THAT'S
WHY IT COMES BACK TO HELPING
YOUR CHILD. OWN THE MASK MAKING
IT THEIR CHOICE. WHAT KIND
OF FABRIC THEY'RE WEARING.
MAYBE THEY DECORATE THE MASK
AND THEN ALSO THEN MAKING SURE
AS A PARENT YOU'RE GIVING THEM
REINFORCEMENT, PRAISING THEM
FOR WEARING THE MASK AND MAKING
IT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST WHAT'S
HAPPENING THAT IT'S NOT WEIRD.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW
.SO IF YOU'RE GETTING READY TO
SEND YOUR CHILD BACK TO SCHOOL
OR BACK TO DAYCARE AND YOU'D
LIKE THEM TO BE MASKED UP BUT
THEY JUST DO NOT WANT TO WEAR
IT, HERE'S SOME IDEAS. I LOVE
THIS ONE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A
TWO LITER BOTTLE TAKING THE
WRAPPING OFF AND THEY'VE MADE
YOU CAN MAKE FACE SHIELDS AND
YOU CAN MAKE THEM FINE MAKE A
COOL DESIGN AT THE TOP, MAKE IT
SOMETHING MAYBE A CRAFT THAT
YOU GUYS DO TOGETHER. THAT'S AN
IDEA IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO WEAR A MASK ALL DAY AND
IT'S HURTING THEIR EARS. MAYBE
DO WHAT THIS WOMAN DID. SHE HAD
A HAT. SHE PUT BUTTONS ON THE
SIDE THAT YOU COULD JUST LOOP
IT BEHIND THOSE BUTTONS AND
THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
ONE I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO
SPEAK TO A LOT OF PARENTS. YOUR
KIDS ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR
MASKS ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE
GOING IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL OR
DAYCARE. SO THERE'S LANYARDS.
NOW YOU CAN MAKE. YOU CAN GET
THEM ON ETSY. YOU CAN I'M SURE
YOU COULD FIND THEM AT LOCAL
RETAILERS AS WELL. THAT WOULD
CLIP TO EITHER SIDE AND THEN
YOU CAN JUST PUT IT OVER THEIR
BACKS SO THAT IF THE MASK FALLS
OFF OR IF THEY TAKE THE MASK
OFF AT LUNCHTIME IT'S JUST
HANGING THERE SO THEY WON'T
LOSE IT. AND HOPEFULLY THAT
WILL HELP YOU GUYS. BUT I
THOUGHT THESE WERE SOME REALLY
GOOD TIPS BECAUSE YOU THINK
ABOUT FOR THESE KIDS IN THE
DEVELOPMENTAL AGES FOR THE PAST
FOUR MONTHS THE WORLD HAS
REALLY CHANGED AND MAYBE YOU
KNOW, THEIR PARENTS AREN'T
WEARING MASKS AROUND THE HOUSE
BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH YOUR
CURRENT TEAM. BUT IF THEY GO
OUTSIDE OR THEY GO TO THE
GROCERY STORE, EVERYONE AROUND
THEM IS IN MASKS. THAT'S THAT'S
DIFFERENT AND THAT'S SCARY. SO
IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PREPARE
THEM AHEAD OF TIME. YOU MAKE A
GOOD POINT BECAUSE I KNOW WITH
OUR THREE YEAR OLD AND FOUR
YEAR OLD WHEN THEY SEE MOMMY
AND DADDY HAVE THEIR MASS, MY
WIFE AND I, THEN THEY WANT TO
PUT THEIR MINDS ON IT. SO IF
YOU'RE DROPPING YOUR KIDS OFF
SCHOOL AND YOU'VE GOT YOUNG
KIDS MEET, YOU THINK ABOUT
PUTTING YOUR MASK ON IN THE CAR
AND SET AN EXAMPLE. I KNOW
EVERYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA REPS
OF ALL PEOPLE WEARING MATCHING