It’s hard enough to convince kids to do what we want them to do on a good day, but in this time of heightened uncertainty and danger, the difficulty is tripled. In one expat WeChat group, a father desperately seeks advice on how to secure a mask on their child without their ripping it off their face. Another father empathizes, offering up his own experience in this time, even considering using superglue to secure his child’s mask, not list because masks in Beijing have become a precious commodity to come by, but also because of the risks faces by kids when it comes to the virus.
So the last thing you might need is for your kid, in their own little inquiring way, to question you on why of all times they cannot go out and play with their friends, or why you are so insistent on a mask. But Dr. Michael Yuan at the Peking Union Medical College has come up with a useful booklet for those with children to educate their little ones of the safety precautions to be taken at this time, in a fun, bilingual kid’s storybook format. The booklet will not only entertain the kids but will also answer that all-important question all strong-willed children like to ask, ‘But why? ‘Now parents will be in a better position to answer with something more than ‘because I said so! ‘
