March Update: Helping Children Cope With Coronavirus and Uncertainty

Schools across the country are closing their doors to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Children may come to the adults in their lives with questions, worries, and even misinformation they've overheard from friends.

HGSE asked Making Caring Common's Richard Weissbourd to share ideas about how adults can talk to children about the virus.

Watch the video now.

 

In the News

Our latest coverage spans school integration parenting, stress, college admissions, and raising caring kids. Read more:

School Integration

• WBUR: Report - Where Parents Have More Choice, Schools Appear To Become More Segregated

• The Washington Post: Parents say they want integrated schools. Here’s how they can actually find them.

• The 74: Do Parents Actually Want Their Kids in Integrated Schools? New Harvard Survey Reveals Mixed Messages

• The Root: As I Say, Not as I Do: Parents of All Backgrounds Say They Want Diverse Schools, but Their Choices Are Still Rooted in Bias

• Politico: Parent Choice Fuels School Segregation

• Edgewater Echo: Editorial: Race and School Choice in Edgewater

• Education Dive: North Carolina District Aims for Socioeconomically 'Healthy' Schools Amid Continued Growth

• English Forum: US Integrated School: Majority of White Parents Prefer Schools With White, Affluent Pupils

• Education Week: White Parents Say They Value Integrated Schools. Their Actions Speak Differently

• BNN News: Study Shows Support for School Integration

• WUWM: Lake Effect: School Diversity, Harmony Test, Climate Change Farming

• WUWM: Report: Parents Support School Integration, But It Doesn't Translate Into Action

• WNPR: Do Parents Really Want School Integration?NEPR: 'School Choice' In Hartford May Model Integration, But Also Enhance Disparity

• Quartz: Do US parents actually want integrated schools—or just say they do?

• U.S. News & World Report: White, Affluent Parents Like the Idea of Integrated Schools – But Not for Their Kids

Sex Education

• The New York Times: Will We Ever Figure Out How to Talk to Boys About Sex?

• GQ: How High School Sex Ed Is Changing Post-#MeToo

Parenting

• On Point: Is It Me, Or Have Kids' Manners Gotten Worse?

• The Bump: How to Raise a Kind Child, According to Harvard

• Baby Gaga: Parents’ Obsession With Keeping Their Kids Happy Is Having The Opposite Effect

• Boston Globe Magazine: Parents’ obsession with raising happy kids is a big problem

College Admissions

• Time: A Year After the College Admissions Scandal, Here's What Has (and Has Not) Changed

• The Washington Post: When applying to college, what should matter?

• Forbes: A Decade Of Change In College Admission

• Forbes: College Admission Fake News

• Forbes: New Research Finds That Character Counts In College Admission

• Barbados Today: Empathetic communication – a viable tool to avoid conflicts

• Inside Higher Ed: 'The Mindful College Applicant'

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