Almost half of parents say their child’s social and emotional skills worsened during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research.
A survey by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that just one in six children saw their social and emotional development improve over this period.
Children aged four to seven were 10 percentage points more likely to have seen their social and emotional development worsen than 12- to 15-year-olds.
“Unlike previous research into academic learning loss, the study finds no evidence that children in disadvantaged families fared worse,” according to the research.
