We’ve talked a lot about the impact that the pandemic has had on healthcare providers, but many of us are equally impacted by how the pandemic is affecting our children. Join me as I sit down with MedStar Health experts Dr. Michael Brachfeld and Dr. Michelle Sobon to discuss what stress and anxiety looks like in children and adolescents during the pandemic and strategies we can use to help them cope. Helpful resources for parents recommended in the podcast: “Breaking Free of Childhood Anxiety and OCD,” by Dr. Eli Lebowitz (2020); https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/groups/families-covid-19.html (CDC Website “Families and COVID-19”) https://www.aacap.org/ (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_4-SBhCgARIsAAlegrU6eqZ5RYCv8eMXnk6a-zwCO4xNIEK84znlxwrlWXbmSimibnFpb84aAtQKEALw_wcB (pandemic advice from the Child Mind Institute: childmind.org) https://www.apa.org/ (The American Psychological Association)