The Children Who Lost a Parent to COVID-19
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140,000 children lost a parent to Covid
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The annual Independence Day on the Rock free holiday display at
Traxler Park on Sunday, July 4.
Thousands of young children lost parents to COVID. Whereâs help for them?
By JoNel Aleccia
Kaiser Health News Jul 5, 2021
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Valerie Villegas holds a photograph of her late husband, Robert
Villegas, along with her children Alexis Vaiz, Nicholas, Robert
Jr., Ayden and Andrew Vaiz outside their Portland, Texas, home on
Wednesday. (Scott Stephen Ball/Kaiser Health News/TNS)
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Valerie Villegas (left) holds Robert Jr. as her oldest son,
Andrew Vaiz, ties Aydenâs shoes. Villegas says all six of her
Thousands of young children lost parents to COVID. Where’s help for them?
JoNel Aleccia
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Five months after her husband died of COVID-19, Valerie Villegas can see how grief has wounded her children.
Nicholas, the baby, who was 1 and almost weaned when his father died, now wants to nurse at all hours and calls every tall, dark-haired man “Dada,” the only word he knows. Robert, 3, regularly collapses into furious tantrums, stopped using the big-boy potty and frets about sick people giving him germs. Ayden, 5, recently announced it’s his job to “be strong” and protect his mom and brothers.