Caregivers have primary responsibility for teaching their children self-protective behaviors,
including those behaviors recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to …

Parent-child conversations are important for children's cognitive development, children's
ability to cope with stressful events, and can shape children's beliefs about the causes of …

Empirical data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with school-aged
children is limited. We used a cross-sectional, descriptive design to examine pandemic …

Background The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic marked a period of uncertainty as
public health guidelines, diagnostic criteria, and testing protocols or procedures have …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely affected children and families by
disrupting routines, changing relationships and roles, and altering usual child care, school …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased mental health concerns, including depression
and anxiety among parents and internalizing and externalizing problems among youth. To …

Purpose This longitudinal mixed-method study examined the content and qualities of parent-
adolescent conversations about the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether discourse about …

To describe how social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic impacted child
access to healthcare and child health behaviors in 2020. We used mixed-methods to …

Measures implemented globally to minimize spread of the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) resulted in significant changes for families. Since children's developmental …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated multiple
stressors for caregivers of children in the United States, raising concern for increased family …