Kid-safe Sites for Covid-info

[Melaine]

My girls are supposed to write a paragraph about Covid. I'm not interested in them scouring the internet for the details....I have not had much luck googling for kid-safe info. I really just want some facts that aren't too scary, especially since three of us have asthma which makes the info a little more stressful. I keep finding info for parents of children, but not any actual kid-safe sites.

[ciw]

My girls are supposed to write a paragraph about Covid. I'm not interested in them scouring the internet for the details....I have not had much luck googling for kid-safe info. I really just want some facts that aren't too scary, especially since three of us have asthma which makes the info a little more stressful. I keep finding info for parents of children, but not any actual kid-safe sites.

My 12 year old really likes watching CNN10 each morning. They have some "coronavirus explained" videos too: https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

Scholastic is always a kid-friendly source: https://kpcnotebook.scholastic.com/p...irus-explained, https://sn56.scholastic.com/issues/2...tml#On%20Level, https://kpcnotebook.scholastic.com/international.

NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...ew-coronavirus

Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-kids-guide.html

[dogmom]

The part of the CDC sites that are aimed at the general public use very simple language to reach more people. Often with clear graphics. Like there how to lean your house stuff

[lizzywednesday]

I was also happy to find this blog post (aimed at adults, but it's very easy to understand) on the Girl Scouts' blog:

https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raisin...html#parenting

And the CDC's FAQ section is really thorough and easy to understand:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

I'd also recommend finding good science communicators, like Samantha Yammine (Science Sam), but I've forgotten if she gets sweary at all in her info-sharing - she usually captions her videos, so I've been watching with the sound off. (All the same, she's really good about explaining why you might see headlines that seem too good/horrible to be true, what a "pre-publication" study is, and how to evaluate information critically.)