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Perhaps it is just among my social circle but I’ve certainly seen it abused. not that children’s books really count , but I’ve seen it all over socials
Good luck!
The book baby medical school- vaccines is also awesome, it explains what a vaccine is and does, and why it's important in toddler appropriate language! (Great if you have a why kid)
https://www.amazon.ca/Baby-Medical-School-Cara-Florance/dp/1492694002
> Should I just not - Is it messed up to put that kind of stress on someone her age?
Children have a gut instinct with regard to their parents, they know when something is amiss.
They will worry about you regardless of whether they know or not, which is stressful, but I firmly believe that it's better for them to know and be able to ask questions than to feel like mommy is keeping a scary secret from them.
I recommend looking for age appropriate books on the topic of MS. A quick search resulted in this one, but I'm sure there's others out there. When in doubt, ask your local librarian, MS nurse or your local MS society.
I might buy that Dr. Fauci one, could be a shrewd investment if he ends up in the electric chair or simply murdered by a citizen. Available on Amazon here, scroll through the pictures it's truly disgusting..
You can also buy a Fauci bobblehead if you're criminally insane.
Maybe try the "you're a big kid" angle and frame it as something he gets to do like his siblings and the other big kids? I had some luck with this approach with a younger sibling who really wanted to join in activities in a summer program I was leading; the program's rule was kids had to be masked, so I could only let him join in if he was willing to keep a mask on. His mom said she'd never managed to keep one on him before, but was game to try... and sure enough, after a couple attempts (her putting the mask on him, he joins the game, he pulls the mask off, mom takes him to go sit away from the group until he's willing to put the mask back on, and rinse & repeat), he was eventually able to join the group and keep the mask on pretty consistently.
If you can tie it to something fun like that (you only get to do this cool thing while you have your mask on), plus the peer pressure of wanting to be like the "big kids", maybe you'll have some luck? Not sure how well it will generalize to the airplane, unless the fun thing is something he can do on the plane too, but it might be a starting point at least...
Oh and you can always try a book that models mask-wearing too, like this one from Sesame Street (there's also this video).
DM me your home address, and I'll send you a board book that can help further your medical knowledge. As you can see from the preview, it's right in your Lexile range.
https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Medical-School-Vaccines-University/dp/1492694002
Yeah and I'd say yours is working overtime. Here's exact evidence of the very thing you refer to as motivation, on the part of big pharma champions. Please do more mental gymnastics to convince yourself that what you're describing isn't your own reflection.
>https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Fauci-Brooklyn-Became-Americas/dp/1665902434/ref=mp_s_a_1_6
I went to the bookstore the other day, and there were children's books--picture books--about Fauci. It gave me a funny feeling, and I can't put my finger on why. I think this was the one:
https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Fauci-Brooklyn-Became-Americas/dp/1665902434
I thought the village was good even though it was a total rip off of a children's novel I read in 3rd grade (called Running Through Time or some shit)
eta its this book https://www.amazon.com/Running-Time-Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/dp/0689812361/ref=sr\_1\_1?dchild=1&hvadid=77721780566981&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&h
We bought this book for my son before he returned to daycare. He’s two so he doesn’t wear a mask at school, but he wears one when we go to the store and his teachers and all adults at his daycare wear masks. I felt like it did a good job addressing the fact that he might be nervous about seeing his friends for the first time after a long time, hand washing for 20 seconds, and waving instead of hugging friends. I agree that it’s probably best to curb the “bad germs” comments about other kids. We talk to my son about hand washing as it relates to going to the bathroom (“poop and pee have germs”), before eating meals, and just general hygiene, so it isn’t people who have germs necessarily. Talk to your pediatrician too for their insight. Ours was very helpful with this transition.
You mean this one?: https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-R-J-Palacio/dp/0375869026
That wasn't it. (I read Wonder long ago) The book I'm looking for was one of those flat, hardcover children's books with illustrations on every page (2D ones, if I remember correctly). Thanks anyway!
R.L. Stine also did the Ghosts of Fear Street series at the same time as Goosebumps and they were pretty similar - there's one called Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's with this premise.
when i first picked up It's Kind Of A Funny Story for a highschool independent reading class, i thought it wouldn't be anything special. i was determined to just skim through it, write my weekly required book report on it, and be done with it.
i could not. put. that. book. down. it is engrossing, and unfortunately very relatable for me personally. i highly recommend it.
that'll do pig
Congratulations on the engagement! I hope the two of you have a wonderful and happy life together. :)
I don't know what you and his plans are for the future, but if you do end up having kids some day, I wrote a Children's book about Multiple Sclerosis, meant to provide an easy way to talk to your kids about MS, and explain the various ways MS affects people in a way they can understand.
But babies are probably far in the future, or not at all! So my best wishes to both of you and congratulations on finding a love worth holding on to.
p.s. Because recommending a book I wrote is awkward, I just want to say that I get no money from this. Every penny (less the publisher's cut) goes to MS research :)
- It's Kind Of A Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
- 10/10
- Humour, Fiction
- My favourite book of all time written with clever humour, elegant prose and a quirky and interesting main character.
- Amazon.com