Lockdowns Failed Children Badly, Leading Children’s Charities Tell Government
Children were failed badly by lockdowns and the harm caused to them was preventable, leading charities and experts will tell the Government in a damning report.
Tag: School Closures
Lockdowns Have Left Parents Thinking School is Optional as They Keep Children Off Because They Are “Too Anxious”, Report Finds
Parents no longer believe their children need to be in school full-time if they are anxious, and increasingly think "life's too short" not to have a term-time holiday, a report has found.
Lockdown’s Tragic Legacy for Our Two Million Troubled Teens
Christopher Stevens in the Mail has reviewed Helping Our Teens, a BBC 2 show that he says shows the real price of Covid in the terrible impact of lockdowns on the U.K.'s two million troubled teens.
Covid Lockdowns Have Devastated Children’s Social and Emotional Skills, Major Study Reveals
Nearly half of U.K. parents said their children's social and emotional skills got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has found.
Education Lost to Lockdowns Will “Scar World for Years”, Says IMF
Educations ruined by Covid lockdowns will impact the world for years, the IMF has warned, as it said the outlook for the global economy is the "bleakest" it has been in decades.
Ministers Were Warned More Children Would Die From Suicide than COVID-19 if they Shut Schools
Ministers were given a stark warning that more children would die from suicide than from contracting COVID-19 if they shut schools, a damning new report from parent campaigners has revealed.
Children “Forgotten by Covid Policymakers” Because They Rarely Got Sick From the Virus, Says UCL Report
Children were forgotten by policymakers during Covid lockdowns because they rarely got seriously ill from the virus itself, a report from University College London has found.
Surprise Lockdown Sceptic George Obsorne Criticises School Closures as Ex-Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies Says “Awful” Lockdowns “Damaged a Generation”
Ex-Chancellor George Osborne surprised many at the Covid Inquiry today by coming out as a lockdown sceptic while ex-Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies said "awful" lockdowns had "damaged a generation".
We Locked Down Because We Could. Thanks, Zoom
A key factor driving the world to lockdown in 2020 was remote-working technology like Zoom that, for the first time, made extended periods of isolation economically viable, argues Prof Jay Bhattacharya.
Tide Turning? CNN Host Blasts Teachers Union Leader For Pushing Pandemic School Closures
One of the most powerful teachers union bosses in the U.S. was blasted Thursday on CNN for supporting school lockdowns in the pandemic. A sign of the tide turning?
