Health professionals face a massive challenge in responding to the coronavirus. Child psychologists are no exception as they deal with mental crises in kids caused by the pandemic’s upheaval. Some scientists see the outbreak as a natural experiment—a time when a real-life event can be used to track and study changes in everything from ecosystems to human behavior. Events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, have already helped mental health researchers see how young people typically react during a crisis. Now, two studies—one in Toronto and another in Baltimore—will monitor the emotions and behaviors of children and teens through this pandemic. What they reveal may teach parents and other adults how to help children in later waves of the coronavirus—or during the next major crisis
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