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Easing kids from quarantine

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Easing kids from quarantine
Easing kids from quarantine

Nevada has already started loosening restrictions.

New York has also allowed some non-essential businesses to provide curbside service.

RESTRICTIONS...NEW YORK ALLOWING SOME NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDECURBSIDE SERVICE.MANY OTHER STATES ARE DOING THESAME...AND TRYING TO EVENTUALLY GETBACK TO A NEW NORMAL.SCRIPPS REPORTER LINDSEYBOETSCHSPOKE WITH ONE EXPERT WHOSAYS...THERE'S SOME SCIENCE TO HELPINGYOUR CHILDREN EASE OUT OFISOLATION.SOT: LAURA ANTHONY 7:38 THIS ISA GLOBAL PANDEMIC.THINGS ARE GOING TO BEDIFFERENT AS WE MOVE BACK OUTOF QUARANTINE AND INTO SOCIETY.THESE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEENHARD ON MOST AMERICANS.SOT: LAURA ANTHONY 17:34 WE AREALL MISSING OUT ON THE THINGSWE'RE USED TO, THINGS THAT USEDTO FEEL REALLY GOOD AND MAKE USFEEL REALLY HAPPY.AND AS WE START THINKING ABOUTWHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOKLIKE, CHILDREN'S PSYCHOLOGISTLAURA ANTHONY SAYS WE COULD BESEEING SOME CHANGES IN OURCHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR.SOT: LAURA ANTHONY 13:33 MOSTOF US PARENTS ARE SEEING SIGNSOF STRESS OR SADNESS OR GRIEFOR FRUSTRATION DISAPPOINTMENTIN OUR KIDS AND WE NEED TOREALLY BE OKAY WITH LETTINGTHEM FEEL THOSE THINGS, JUSTLIKE WE NEED TO BE OKAY WITHOURSELVES FEELING THOSE THINGS.ANTHONY SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TOSHARE OUR FEELINGS WITH OURCHILDREN AND EXPLAIN TO THEMWHAT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS MIGHTHOLD.FOR EXAMPLING WHEN OUTPLAYING (JUST ADD THATPREVIOUS PHRASE IF YOU NEED TOREFERENCE PLAYING FOR THECHALK/KIDS, ETC.)HAVING TO WEAR MASKSSTAYING 6 FEET APART ANDWHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THECDC MAKES.(MAYBE FIND A THIRD THING TOUSE HERE INSTEAD OF CDC - MAYBENOT TOUCHING FACE ETC.IF YOU DO A DEMONSTRATIVESTANDUP FOR THOSE THINGS - YOUMIGHT BE ABLE TO FOLD IN YOURTAG AS PART OF THE STANDUP.IT REALLY PLAYS WITH ALL THIS.SOT: LAURA ANTHONY 18:20 OURKIDS ARE GOING TO FEEL MORE INCONTROL WHEN THEY KNOW WHATTHEY CAN DO AS THEY'RE KIND OFCOMING BACK OUT INTO SOCIETY.IT'S GOOD FOR THE REST OF USTOO.AND IT'S OKAY TO SAY THEREASONS WHY WE NEED TO DO THOSETHINGS.SHE ALSO SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TOTRY TO LESSEN THE STRESS WE PUTON OURSELVES AS PARENTS WORKINGFROM HOME AND HELPING WITHSCHOOL WORK.SOT: LAURA ANTHONY 19:54 WE'REALL JUST DOING THE BEST WE CANAND I THINK PARENTS SHOULD NOTFEEL GUILTY, OFFER THEMSELVES ALITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS, AND ALITTLE BIT OF GRACE, YOU'RE NOTIN THIS ALONE, WE'RE ALLSTRUGGLING, AND ALL YOU CAN DOIS THE BEST YOU CAN.THAT'S ALL ANY OF US CAN DO ISTHE BEST WE CAN.I'M LINDSEY BOETSCH REPORTING.WITH SO MANY PEOPLE OUT OFWORK...

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