Since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, it has quickly become apparent that children are extremely unlikely to suffer severe COVID-19 illness. Nevertheless, children have had to adjust to the new world of medical staff dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) in the same way as all other patients. A new study from one of the UK’s leading children’s hospitals -Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool—shows that children are not scared by PPE, and can in fact feel reassured by it.