Book teaches children to wear masks

A Palm Beach Gardens couple has authored a book to teach children about why they're wearing masks.

A PALM BEACH GARDENS MOM HADNEVER WRITTEN A BOOK BEFORE.BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS US ALLTRYING NEW THINGS AND FINDINGNEW SOLUTIONS FORPROBLEMS....LIKE HOW TO TALKTO A CHILD ABOUT MASK WEARING.SHE AND HER HUSBAND TEAMED UPAND RELEASED A BOOK.

ALL NEWTHIS MORNING, WPTV NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S TORY DUNNAN SHOWS YOU,IT'S NOW THE NUMBER ONERELEASE ON AMAZON.TORY S/U: TALKING TO YOUR KIDSABOUT WEARING A MASK CAN BETRICKY.

BUT A LOCAL FAMILYWANTS YOU TO KNOW THE SIMPLESTWAY OF TEACHING IT, ISTEACHING ABOUT“THE LOBEHIND THE MASK” (NATS) 6:06ILOVE TO LAUGH AND MAKE SILLYFACES BUTT: 6:18 BUT TODAY IWAS FEELING A LITTLE SAD ORJUST CONFUSED CHRIS: 4:59 TOMAKE KIDS FEEL GOOD ABOUTWEARING A MASK AND MAKE ITINTO A POSITIVE EXPERIENCETHAT THEY ARE DOING IT OUT OFCARING AND NOT OUT OF FEARBECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.

WEDIDNTHEY8:33 YOU KNOW WHAT SOCIALDISTANCING IS?

THESE ARE ALLTOUGH QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ANDEXPLAIN TO KIDS LIZZY ANDCHRIS TOTH FELT THATFIRST-HAND WITH THEIR BOYS.1:32 I MADE SURE MY FAMILYSTAYED SAFE AND I WOULD BE THEONLY PERSON LEAVING THE HOUSEWITH MY MASK ON.

THAT'S WHEN ISTARTED THINKING ABOUT WHY IWAS WEARING THE MASK.

BUTT TO:1:48 THE IDEA CAME TO ME AS AWAY TO SPEAK TO MY OWNCHILDREN ABOUT WHY WE WEAR THEMASK.

THAT WE WEAR THE MASKNOT ONLY PROTECT OURSELVES BTO PROTECT OUR FAMILY ANDEVERYONE AROUND US.

SO THEYWROTE AND ILLUSTRATEDCHILDRENI WANT THEM TO FEEL SAFE.

IWANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEYDOING SOMETHING GOOD AT THESAME TIME.

ITLOVE BEHIND THE MASK.

3:37YOUITS A PUNISHMENT, YOUWEARING THE MASK BECAUSE YOUARE AFRAID, YOU ARE WEARING ITBECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUTEVERYBODY AROUND YOU ANDEVERYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY.FILLING A MUCH NEEDED GAP&OPENING LINES OFCOMMUNICATIONS FOR ALL AGES.4:05 THE ADULTS WE ALL HAVETHIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THEMASKS CONSTANTLY BUT I GUESSWE FORGET TO HAVE THECONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITH THECHILDREN AND THEIR LIVES HAVECHANGED AS MUCH AS ALL OF US9:00 THEY ARE WEARING THE MASKBECAUSE THEY CARE.

THERE ISLOVE BEHIND THE MASK TORYDUNNAN.

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