Here's why COVID vaccine belongs on CDC list of kids' scheduled vaccines

I believe it's time for the COVID vaccine to be on the childhood schedule. But this is an individual decision that needs to be made between parent(s) and their child's physician.

The next part is up to the states, but I believe that your children would likely benefit from these shots, as mine already have. 

This is not a mandate, though states can use it as guidance to eventually mandate the vaccine for schoolchildren. But the influenza vaccine is already on the list and it is actually much less effective than the COVID vaccine at decreasing severity.