Coronavirus Schools Briefing: The pandemic is
upending education. Get the latest news and tips as students go back to school.
Fall is drawing near, and right on schedule, ads
offering discounts on backpacks, notebooks and pencils are beginning to pop up
on television and online.
Crayola, Old Navy and Disney are among the
brands making colorful masks for children. Child psychologists see this as a
positive step toward “normalcy.”
But this year, during a pandemic that has school
officials agonizing over how and whether
to safely reopen, masks are appearing among the glue sticks and glitter as
essential back-to-school items.
Companies like Crayola, Old Navy and Disney have begun selling colorful
masks for children in packs of four and five as part of their back-to-school
offerings. Even larger quantities of masks for children — up to 50, in some
cases, can
be found on Amazon, while Etsy, the e-commerce site for handmade items, has a large selection of face shields adorned with cartoons and
animals.
It’s all very bright and colorful, if a little
dystopian.
Crayola’s president and chief executive, Rich
Wuerthele, said the company’s masks were designed to help children adapt to the
new normal and feel comfortable in school.
Dr. Andrew Adesman, the chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at
the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in Queens, said face masks for children
should be viewed positively.
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