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How are you talking about coronavirus with your kids? I was prepared (mostly) for the sex talk. (Lots of sex talks.) And we've had lots of conversations about drinking, drugs, vaping, relationships, respect and a zillion other things. I hadn't given any thought to how I'd discuss an infectious, emerging global pandemic, though. Yes, health experts have been warning for years that a pandemic was not only possible but probable. As a health writer, I knew aware of the risk. But as a parent -- well, I was too busy raising my boys and having all of the above conversations. Then the COVID-19 crisis upended all our lives, seemingly overnight. A few months ago, our kids were sharing coronavirus memes and we were laughing along (even as we urged our children to resist racist … [Read More...] about Talking About Coronavirus