Is your child frightened of needles? Here's how to prepare them for their COVID vaccine
- Written by Judith Parson, Senior Lecturer, Child Play Therapy, Deakin University
Your child’s experience of needles in their early years may impact how they feel about and react to subsequent vaccinations. So it’s important to reduce the chance of a negative experience.
But what can parents do to help prepare their child for the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine or other injections?
Fear or phobia?
Most children are...
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