Christopher Willard | Source | Psychologist & Consultant at Enlightened Livelihoods
Christopher Willard
Christopher Willard is a clinical psychologist and educational consultant in the Boston area. He is the author of Child's Mind, The Mindfulness and Anxiety Workbook for Teens, and the editor, with Amy Salzman, of Mindfulness with Youth: From the Classroom to the Clinic. He lectures on the topic of mindfulness and meditation with young people in the US, Europe, and Asia, and holds teaching appointments at Lesley University and Harvard Medical School.
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Mindful Schools (https://www.mindfulschools.org)
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The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (https://meditationandpsychotherapy.org)
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Enlightened Livelihoods (https://www.enlightenedlivelihoods.com)
Psychologist & Consultant
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Children May Be Afraid of Masks. Here’s How to Help.
Experts suggest acclimating children to masks at home and drawing a connection to superheroes’ uniforms.
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Pick fun fabric, let kids design them for themselves and their parents, make it a craft activity and also a game. Practice taking them on and off and wearing them around the house for fun, but also taking it off, try to read each other’s facial expressions with just eyes while a mask is on. These kinds of things normalize it a bit and make it less scary. This is a topic that’s going to come up again and again. We too can be superheroes and protect other people from germs by wearing these masks for a while.
