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The impact of the pandemic
Understanding the impact of the 2020 covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on emotional wellbeing – for parents
The Covid-19 pandemic presented a global challenge at a scale never before experienced by our generation. ‘Lockdowns’, isolation and social distancing affected everyone and while for the most part we have celebrated a return to pre-pandemic living, the impact is still significant for emotional wellbeing, particularly for our young people.
“For young people, social isolation, disruption to learning and critically, major changes in important, guiding relationships, came at a time where the foundations of their emotional wellbeing was still being shaped. School aged children and teenagers are shaped by their relationships with their understanding of themselves literally wired into their brain during this period. The impact therefore was significant and still relevant to understanding their mental health and behaviour today.”
Karen Ladd
Parenting Strategy Coordinator, Shropshire Council.
Free pathways
Two free Togetherness online learning pathways are designed to support parents to understand the impact of the pandemic and how it may still be sharping behaviour. The short, bitesize content introduces some of the ideas in the longer pathways on parenting.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
5 Stages
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
3 Stages
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“It helped me understand covid from my child’s perspective and made me realise it affected them more than I thought it would.”
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