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How to Explain to Family That They Should Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Parents 2/17/2021 © Provided by Parents Illustration: Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong You may be anxiously awaiting the date when you can roll up your sleeve for the COVID-19 vaccine, but not everyone is so eager. According to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about one-third of Americans say they are unlikely to get the vaccine or aren't planning to get it altogether, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declaring that all available COVID-19 vaccines are not only safe, bu...

I started talking to my kids about vaccines when they were babies. Yes, babies. That's what made me feel better about getting them their shots. Being a vaccine researcher, I never questioned whether or not I'd vaccinate, but it's still not an easy task as a parent to get your kids their shots—the tears, the pinch of pain, the doctors' appointments. Eventually it got easier for me, and maybe a little harder for them. But I kept talking. Today, my elementary-aged children are fine with getting their shots, and I think that's because I never stopped the conversation. They're curious little cr...