How the pandemic has impacted kids

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Mayank Jain
3 years ago
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How the pandemic has impacted kids

Source: The Indian Express

The pandemic has been hard on everyone for different reasons. Some families have struggled with financial stability or uncertainty; others have had to juggle Working from Home, homeschooling for multiple children, and housework with little or no outside help, while some have found that it has taken a toll on their mental health, leaving them anguished, anxious and withdrawn. 

While children do spend some time playing board games, reading, and doing some art and craft, the lack of outside physical play and interaction with friends during the pandemic has undeniably steered them towards screens, and parents don’t know how much of this is reversible. In fact, instead of a physical teacher, now even art and craft lessons or art lessons are taken from YouTube.

In the absence of peer interaction, parents undoubtedly have an additional burden of filling in to ensure their kids stay happy. Whether it is relying on feel-good movies, music, dancing together, baking, or just sitting and chatting together, the idea is to ensure the child is emotionally okay. Just letting kids be on their own—probably on a screen again—locked up in their rooms isn’t helping them. And emotional distress, left unchecked, can seep into a child’s being. Intervene before it’s too late.

Also read: Supporting Children's learning during lockdown
 

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