To ask if you still notice any long term impacts of lockdown in dc

[Yorkshireinoureyes]

Just that really teachers, parents, others are there any impacts that you’re noticing still from covid or have they all been ‘worked out’ by now. Personally I have noticed for all kids but especially teenagers they are a lot ‘younger’ than previous cohorts as in behaviour is more immature, more innocent and a bit less savvy about social situations. Anyone else found any long term impacts on kids?

DS1 is still obsessively washing his hands, to the point his eczema has flared badly. He was at school during lockdown, and they were hand washing every 20mins. He’ll be say watching tv and suddenly jump up and run to the toilet to wash hands again. We keep talking to him about it, but it’s a compulsion and half the time he doesn’t know why he’s doing it.

For my own DC and those I work with, it's a huge lack of attention span I've noticed. But I feel like that myself so I do get it. Young children only have a short window of attention anyway but I do think it's much less now than with previous cohorts. I assume it is due to some children having much more screen time younger and being more used to watching tiktok type short video clips.

Mine is 12 now and very clingy to us. Doesn't like days out or sleepovers with GPs which used to be routine. Hates large gatherings and busy places now.

DD still gets very anxious and struggles with emotional regulation, much more like I'd expect a 4 year old than a 6 year old but not sure if that's due to lockdown or something else ( suspect ASD but waiting list for assessment is so long).

No - never any impact on DS who was 2 at the start. Nursery closed for a while and then opened up again - don't think he noticed. DD was a pandemic baby and very quiet and not used to other people at first, but came out of her shell when restrictions lifted around 6mo and is now v outgoing.

I haven't noticed any in my DC or their peers

Although they weren't that impacted by it compared to some stories you read about

Yes. DD aged 7 is still very anxious and overly clingy to me. I’m convinced it was because she got used to spending 24/7 with me during the lockdowns and some important stage of learning to separate from me was missed.

Yes and no…
ive worked as a TA in year 1 and noticed quite a few of the cohort were behind age related expectations, although we’re catching up - I think that gap is starting to close now. Many of our year 1s in the 20/21 year group lacked social skills as they had missed practically all of their reception year where those skills are learnt. - there was lots more snatching, shoving and hitting, as well as tantrums than you would usually expect from year 1s. Again this is starting to ease now.

in DD (who is 10) she’s just a bit more insular and happy in her own company than I would expect for her age, but I don’t know how much of that is just her personality.

in the teenagers I know, there are definitely some that are more immature than you’d expect, but it’s not universal - there’s a high school next to my primary school and to be honest, some of the 18 year old lads look and act about 25….!

DD was just turning 1 at the start so she had a lot of stop/start with nursery. I was furloughed until August 2020 and I think it benefitted us both to have that extra time together. She's thriving.

She did ask the other day why nobody's wearing masks now