Title: Cybersafe Young Children
Author(s): Barbara Sprung, Merle Froschl, Nancy Gropper
Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York
ISBN: 9780807763742 Pages: 128 Year: 2020
This past year, children have lived during the unique time of a world-wide pandemic. A time that the adults in their world — parents, grandparents, extended family members and teachers — had never experienced before. As the adults who guide their lives learned how to cope with an unprecedented situation, children also had to figure out how to adapt in this new world. They have had to adjust to virtual learning, not seeing friends, and being home full time with parents, to name a few. And, in some cases, children have faced the loss of a friend or loved one.
While there are excellent resources available to guide parents and teachers about how to talk to children about COVID, much less is known from the perspective of children themselves. What have young girls and boys been thinking and feeling? And what can we, as parents and teachers, learn from them?
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