“…Few studies so far have investigated children's views of the pandemic (Idoiaga et al, 2020;Thompson et al, 2021;Rydström et al, 2022), although a rapidly growing body of research related to COVID-19 and its consequences on children's wellbeing has evolved during the last 2 years (e.g., Garcia de Avila et al, 2020;Valadez et al, 2020). Interestingly, despite the previously documented lack of appropriate understanding of infectious diseases and prevention practices in non-experts (Jee et al, 2015), recent studies report high levels of awareness of COVID-19 even in young children (Rydström et al, 2022), and their sensitivity in perceiving and adopting adults' reactions to the pandemic (Valadez et al, 2020;Thompson et al, 2021). This awareness has been revealed in children's ability to distinguish SARS-CoV-2 (cause) from ; to name common symptoms of the disease (for instance cough, fever, or sneeze); to understand the possibility of asymptomatic infection; to recognize the necessity of preventive and mitigation practices such as social distancing or handwashing; to describe airborne transmission and high contagiousness of the virus (Idoiaga et al, 2020;Bray et al, 2021b;Christidou et al, 2021;Martinerie et al, 2021;Thompson et al, 2021;Bonoti et al, 2022;Maftei et al, 2022;Rydström et al, 2022).…”