Young adults respond to risk and reward differently -- here's how to talk to your teen about the importance of social distancing and wearing a mask. parenting coronavirus
“Children often mirror the practices of their parents. If parents are actively trying to wear masks and maintain social distancing, their children have similar practices,” said Janowski. “Adolescents need role models.”
It is important to let adolescents know that their voice is being heard, especially since so many aspects of this pandemic is outside their control.Janowski also thinks community leaders and social media influencers should also extol the virtue of mask wearing.In conveying the importance of COVID safety to your teen or young adult, it’s important to stay the course — especially as school begins.
Janowski said more needs to be done to encourage mask wearing across the generations. “Many stores previously took up the adage of ‘No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service’ back in the 1960s and 1970s,” Janowski explained. “In today’s world, as proposed by others, perhaps we should revise it to form the new normal of: “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Mask, No Service.”
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