Will this psychologically affect children who lived through it?

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As the PM was speaking last night, my two children kept looking over at us and my heart was breaking for them that they are living through this. As a child, it must be so frightening and hard to understand. Do you think that living through this will somehow affect children? What are you doing to help you kids through this emotionally and ensure that they don't become overwhelmed or frightened?
Do you think that there will be long term implications? (Will they always want to have a fully stocked panty as adults 'just in case' etc? - lighthearted but just one example I could think of). Will it make them germ phobic?

What are your thoughts?

People saying "The kids are just loving it" are missing the point. Kids often feel delighted with lifestyles that aren't actually good for them.

I think the big worries are about the effects on health and eyesight of spending so much time indoors, the effects on social development of being so isolated from peers, and the effects on the immune system of being so protected from normal germs. Will not matter so much for older children but if it goes on for months, that is a big chunk out of a toddler's life and they have "windows" in their development.

We are going to need to watch these cohorts carefully for elevated rates of sleep disorders, myopia, obesity, autoimmune problems/allergies and screen addiction.

I think it’s more concerning for older children. Toddlers simply won’t remember this and parents can greatly aid development at home. All is not lost and many toddlers don’t socialise anyway. Learning through play is available at home. Going out once a day for a walk is possible. Language acquisition is still possible. Toddlers should be ok but older DC will miss their friends and routines far more. They also are more likely to worry about elderly people in the family. Toddlers won’t.