More than half of young children saw their social and emotional skills worsen during the first year of the Covid pandemic, a survey of parents has found.
Those surveyed were asked a range of questions about their child’s behaviour, such as whether they had tantrums, were worried, or had lost confidence, in February 2021 compared to a year earlier, during the height of the pandemic.
The findings, which are published in a new report, reveal that 52 per cent of parents of four- to seven-year-olds believed their child’s emotional and social development had worsened over this period.
They were also more likely to have seen a decline in their child’s development amid the health crisis.
