Masks for 2-year-old? Reaction to CDC’s guidance for child care centers Jennifer Waugh, The Morning Show anchor, I-Team reporter Published: Updated: Tags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance for child care programs during the pandemic urges mask-wearing for everyone age 2 and up, as well as air ventilation and other strategies for providers. Parents know it can be a struggle to get toddlers to cover their faces and child care workers said requiring it adds stress on everyone involved. “We don’t really see the point in requiring 2 and up to 6(-year-olds) to wear a mask,” said Jennifer Freeman, owner of The Discovery Tree Academy.