PARENTING experts are calling for extra help for the 'covid generation' of school-starters as hundreds of thousands of four-year-olds enter the classroom for the first time this week.
Most parents believe their children have suffered as a result of the pandemic but said there is a stigma around asking for extra support.
More than a third also fear the covid crisis means their child is behind developmentally, academically and socially, research for positive parenting programme Triple P found.
