The department of home economics at the college of education for women held a virtual symposium entitled (How to protect your child from Covid-19) under the slogan “Childhood is the soul of life” via Google Meet service.
The aim of this event is to highlight the need for teaching our children on some necessary guidelines and healthy habits on how to protect themselves against infection, as well as to identify the role of healthy food for children in light of Covid-19 pandemic to maintain their physical activity and to address the role of parents in relieving stress during the period of quarantine, as well as to know the effects of quarantine on their psychological state and to reach at a mental & social balance for the whole family. The lecturers came up with a range of recommendations, including relying on nutritional and health systems to support the child’s immune system, disseminating the necessary health instructions to reduce the spread of diseases and minimizing deaths, in addition to providing advice and support to parents in accordance with WHO guidelines to abide by the conditions of social distancing.
