This is a concern for many parents. How to explain the confinement, now de rigueur since the announcements of Emmanuel Macron to fight against the coronavirus, in the best conditions when we have children? In "Sans Rendez-vous" on Europe 1 Tuesday, psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc gives her tips to help you find the right words.
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Tell the truth about what's going on without dramatizing
"There is a need to reframe children who are struggling to understand what is going on, and why they find themselves limited," at home. As "fear does not cancel danger", Catherine Blanc therefore advocates telling "the truth" to children, but without being in "dramatization".
If we can talk about viruses, taking the example of the flu, another solution is to draw a parallel with "lice". In a very playful way, "we can tell them that there is a real danger of being contaminated in the same way that lice are a hindrance. Except that the contagion is potentially more delicate", she explains.
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Children need to learn "to deal with slow things"
And if your children ask questions about more substantial purchases of food, Catherine Blanc also opts for the franchise. "We must tell them that we are going to stay at home and that this is why it will be a long but limited time." The opportunity for children to learn "to manage the slowness of things".