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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
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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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