Kid's lack of development

Randy that was always going to be the case. If you don't have kids you won't see the struggle many had during lockdown from an emotional perspective, never mind missed education.

It was very hard on many children.
 
Primus84 said:
The massive underfunding of the support services has hugely contributed to this, as has the permanent closure of services such as Sure Start. The pandemic has shone a light on issues that were already far from good.
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Spot on Primus. I'm speaking from personally experience too that it definitely took its toll on my eldest. To the point myself and the wife took matters into our own hands and allowed our two kids to visit their grandparents for the sake of our kid's mental health.

The article just reaffirms what I, amongst others, were warning people about last year only to have it brushed off as
"kids are resilient"
"They'll manage with masks all day, doctors do"
"Toddlers will catch up eventually"
 
Randy said:
Spot on Primus. I'm speaking from personally experience too that it definitely took its toll on my eldest. To the point myself and the wife took matters into our own hands and allowed our two kids to visit their grandparents for the sake of our kid's mental health.

The article just reaffirms what I, amongst others, were warning people about last year only to have it brushed off as
"kids are resilient"
"They'll manage with masks all day, doctors do"
"Toddlers will catch up eventually"
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We see the lockdown differently Randy and I do believe we can recover from any damage or issues caused but we can't do it without adequate funding of services.

To give but one example - there's a reason this government lost their own education recovery tsar. Everything is completely underfunded and at or beyond breaking point.
 
Primus84 said:
We see the lockdown differently Randy and I do believe we can recover from any damage or issues caused but we can't do it without adequate funding of services.

To give but one example - there's a reason this government lost their own education recovery tsar. Everything is completely underfunded and at or beyond breaking point.
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You are right that they're isn't adequate funding for kids to easily recover but I don't think that even with adequate funding many children would recover. Whilst a child brain is developing severe damage can be caused that its very difficult to undo.

They aren't resilient they just pay the cost later in life.
 
Laughing said:
You are right that they're isn't adequate funding for kids to easily recover but I don't think that even with adequate funding many children would recover. Whilst a child brain is developing severe damage can be caused that its very difficult to undo.

They aren't resilient they just pay the cost later in life.
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On that point I disagree. I do not believe lockdown to have caused irreparable damage.
 
Primus84 said:
On that point I disagree. I do not believe lockdown to have caused irreparable damage.
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It might not have done, it's difficult to assess. What I can say is it did a lot of damage to! 11 year old. It's it irreparable? I don't know but she is still suffering now.
 
Primus84 said:
We see the lockdown differently Randy and I do believe we can recover from any damage or issues caused but we can't do it without adequate funding of services.

To give but one example - there's a reason this government lost their own education recovery tsar. Everything is completely underfunded and at or beyond breaking point.
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I know we do Primus and that is fine regardless of what some may data.

Schools need proper funding and proper facilities and people in place now.

Unfortunately what some fail to realise is that there will irreparable damage done to kids caused by lockdowns. That's undisputable.
 
People across all age group will have been impacted and affected by the pandemic and some of the measures that were necessary.

In relation to children, in some countries children do not start school to 6 or 7. Parents are primarly responsible for their child development not schools or the state and for some of the difficulties identified I wonder what have parents have done about these.

Some families/children require additional support, and the cuts to support services have made it much more difficult for those who need it, to get the right support at the right time, alongside the Covid pandemic a bit of a perfect storm for those in need.
 
Randy said:
I know we do Primus and that is fine regardless of what some may data.

Schools need proper funding and proper facilities and people in place now.

Unfortunately what some fail to realise is that there will irreparable damage done to kids caused by lockdowns. That's undisputable.
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Caused by covid, that was why we had lockdowns.
 
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Randy said:
I know we do Primus and that is fine regardless of what some may data.

Schools need proper funding and proper facilities and people in place now.

Unfortunately what some fail to realise is that there will irreparable damage done to kids caused by lockdowns. That's undisputable.
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What’s the solution? Letting schools stay open would have made slowing the spread practically impossible. Even with the measures in place we will be seeing huge delays in the health care sector for years to come, dread to think how bad this would have been if we didn’t see restrictions in place

Blame the government for cuts to these services and running the NHS into the ground to the extent that restrictions were needed, that’s far more to blame than Covid ever will be
 
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