How to help children cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic

Designed by Li Yueyun

Children may respond to stress in different ways in crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes being clingier, anxious, angry, withdrawing and bedwetting.

Here are some tips provided by the World Health Organization that you can follow to reduce your child's stress:

• Listen to their concerns and give them extra love

• Give them more time and attention

• Speak to them kindly and supportively, while reassuring them

• Keep children close to their parents and family

• Keep to regular routines and schedules as much as possible

• Give them clear information about how to reduce their risk of being infected