FILE - In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020 file photo, the playground at Lowell Elementary School in Tacoma, Wash., sits empty, after the school was closed Tuesday and will remain closed at least through the end of the week due to a person at the school testing presumptive positive for the new coronavirus. Many parents are now deciding how to talk to their children about the virus. Some said they are checking in daily, while others worry talking about it could make their kids mo…
March 12, 2020
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March 12, 2020 11:10 a.m.
Talking to kids about virus? Experts say be calm and honest
It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but instead of being "it," they “caught” the virus.