Children are more likely to suffer from stress and anxiety if accessing non-age appropriate news and information.
According to a Longford based psychotherapist, the ongoing conversations about the coronavirus pandemic can be alarming to children if not presented in a factual age friendly way.
School closures, vaccinations and family or friends getting the disease are some of the issues causing difficulties for children across the country.
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Speaking to Shannonside Northern Sound, local psychotherapist Avril Gilchriest says parents face the same difficulty:
