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Dr. Niran Al-Agba: I'm here to 
talk to you today about face masks.

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The state Department of Health 
is going to be requiring children

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to wear face masks in schools 
when they return in the fall,

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and Group: we're here to help.

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Dr. Tiffany Cardinal: I have 
found in clinic that actually

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children have been very adaptable,

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and are sometimes more 
adaptable than adults can be.

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And may children have adjusted 
rather quickly to wearing a mask.
  

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In clinic, I've been very surprised 
actually at how well many children,

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including those that have behavioral 
or developmental difficulties

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have done wearing a mask.

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Dr. Al-Agba: How do I encourage 
my child to wear face coverings?

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That's a really common question.

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You can put one on a stuffed animal.

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Allow them to decorate or 
design their own face mask,

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or have some input into what 
they're actually wearing.

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And then, just encouraging them 
to help others around them.

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If they have a relative or someone they 
know that's at risk if they get COVID-19,

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I think it can be really 
helpful to remind children why

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they're wearing a mask, and that's 
to protect others around them.

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Dr. Linda Warren: How do children 
properly wear the face mask?

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I think that's a question for a lot of adults too,

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because we see a lot of people 
not really using these properly.

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Again, that comes back a little 
to what kind of mask you pick.

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I really like the ones that 
have the wire in the nose.

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Because I think that actually 
gets a better seal for children.

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I also I like for kids, see if you can find 
one that has adjustable straps on the side.

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That's going to make the mask 
more comfortable for them.

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I always think about a mask, if you 
think of this as the dirty side,

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and this is the clean side that 
you want to have against your face.

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And basically you want to be touching 
the straps to put this mask on and off.

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You don't want to be 
contaminating your clean side,

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or touching the dirty side.

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So really teaching your kids 
how to do this properly, is:

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First, wash your hands with Purell or soap.

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Basically, the 20-second wash the hands well,

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make sure the hands are nice and 
clean. Let them dry a second.

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And then your children, teach 
them to pick it up by the sides.

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If it has a nas-, put it on their face.

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If it has a nose-thing, you want to 
touch along the top there and adjust it.

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Now you should be covering the 
nose, and the chin and the sides.

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OK, so what are the dos and don'ts 
about wearing the masks during the day?

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We want it comfortable enough that 
hopefully your kids get used to it,

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just like they get used to the car seat, 
or they get used to wearing a helmet,

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or their glasses or the hearing aids.

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It just becomes part of what they expect.

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So, you want to start working with them 
to not be tugging and pulling at it,

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touching from the sides.

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This is not OK.

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Basically you're blowing out all the 
germs in the nose and on the mask.

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Some people walking around this is not good.

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You don't store the mask down 
here when you're not wearing it.

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Again, you need to take it off. 
You're contaminating it this way.

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So pushing up, pushing down, 
hanging it off the side,

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none of that's OK.

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Especially this one, which I see a lot.

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If your kid's really having trouble 
breathing, then try a two-layer mask

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or try different materials and see 
if they can tolerate something that's

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covering their nose and their 
whole face and getting a seal.

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Dr. Cardinal: What if my child does not 
want to wear or resists wearing a mask?

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If your child is very hesitant to wear a mask,

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I think that it's important to try and 
determine why they won't wear a mask.

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I would start by trying to have 
a positive discussion with them,

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and ask an open-ended question,

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why the don't want to wear a mask 
or what they are concerned about.

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Dr. Al-Agba: I think we make it a lot less scary

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if they see us wearing face masks.

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Again, normalizing the wearing of 
face masks can really go a long way

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toward making it something that 
children are willing to do.

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And as a mother to 4 children,

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I'm no stranger to bribery.

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I think we need to be practical at this time.

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Whether it's bribing them with chocolate chips or

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something sweet every so often, 
putting stickers on a calendar

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and getting to spend extra time with Mom or

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maybe getting a movie or watching a 
certain movie everybody's interested in.

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Whatever it is, I think it's worthwhile 
encouraging children to wear face masks.

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And then, maybe rewarding them or giving them 
some positive reinforcement when they do.

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(Group) Let's keep our school 
staff and each other safe!

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