学前班和托儿中心开门前应做哪些准备?

学前班和托儿中心开门前应做哪些准备?

Last week I received an email from my younger son's preschool.

上周，我收到了一封来自我小儿子学前班的电子邮件。

"We might be opening in June. If so, we will be taking a number of precautions. Please let us know in the next week if you would be interested in sending your child."

“我们可能会在6月开业。如果是这样，我们将采取一系列预防措施。请在下周告诉我们你是否有兴趣把你的孩子送来。”

Interested? Of course, I'm interested. He would get a chance to socialize, surrounded by the teachers and friends he loves. I would get to work in a quieter environment and would certainly be more productive.

感兴趣吗?当然，我很感兴趣。他有机会参加社交活动，身边都是他爱的老师和朋友。我将在一个更安静的环境中工作，我肯定会更有效率。

His school, his darling, perfect school, would get a chance to get back up and running.

他的学校，他心爱的，完美的学校，将会有机会重新恢复并开始运转。

But how to weigh all this obvious good against the very obvious bad? Sending him to school could lead to him getting sick and others getting sick.

但如何衡量所有这些明显的好处和非常明显的坏处呢?送他上学可能会导致他和其他人生病。

As preschools and childcare centers move toward opening up, more parents will be facing down a similar question: Should I send my kid?

随着学前班和托儿中心的开放，更多的家长将面临一个类似的问题:我应该送孩子上学吗?

There is no easy answer, and what's right for one family might be wrong for another. But there are certain things all parents should be considering when making a decision.

这个问题没有简单的答案，对一个家庭来说是正确的，对另一个家庭来说可能是错误的。但是有一些事情是所有父母在做决定时都应该考虑的。

Think about your child and community's safety

为你的孩子和社区的安全着想

While children don't appear to be at high risk for Covid-19, they can, a number of studies have suggested, be asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus.

虽然儿童似乎不存在感染Covid-19的高风险，但一些研究表明，他们可能是冠状病毒的无症状携带者。

As such, preschools or childcare centers that open their doors to the wider community should be incorporating a number of new protocols.

因此，向更广泛的社区敞开大门的幼儿园或托儿中心应该纳入一些新的协议。

"One of the most important things for parents to remember is that while we can never prevent the spread, we can reduce the risk of exposure to Covid-19," said Abbey Alkon, an epidemiologist, pediatric nurse practitioner and professor at University of California, San Francisco's School of Nursing, who focuses on children's health.

关注儿童健康的流行病学家、儿科护士、加州大学旧金山护理学院教授艾比·阿尔肯说：“家长们要记住的最重要的一点是，虽然我们永远无法阻止这种传播，但我们可以降低接触Covid-19的风险。”。

"There are guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in childcare programs."

“美国疾病控制与预防中心(简称CDC)就如何在托儿项目中预防Covid-19的传播制定了指导方针。”

While licensing regulations for childcare centers vary state by state, there are a number of best practices that Alkon recommended: Parents should no longer be entering the facility, meaning hellos and goodbyes need to happen outside, nor should parents be using the same pen to sign in their children.

虽然每个州对托儿中心的许可规定各不相同，但阿尔肯推荐了一些最佳做法:父母不应该再进入托儿中心，这意味着需要在外面打招呼和告别，父母也不应该用同一支笔给孩子签到。

The center should provide hand sanitizer or handwashing stations at the entrance, so children and staff can clean their hands before entering.

托儿中心应在入口处设置洗手液或洗手站，以便儿童和工作人员在进入前洗手。

Childcare providers should wear masks since they are physically close to the children, and often less than 6 feet away.

托儿中心提供者应该戴口罩，因为他们的身体距离孩子很近，通常不到6英尺。

There should be frequent handwashing during the day for children and staff; regular cleaning and disinfecting of the facilities; and an effort to get as much fresh air circulating through the premises as possible.

儿童和工作人员在白天应经常洗手;定期对设施进行清洁和消毒;尽量让新鲜空气在房内流通。

Snacks and meals should be served to each child to avoid children sharing utensils or food.

应向每个儿童提供零食和餐食，避免儿童共用餐具或食物。