While many adults have struggled, the associated anxieties of lockdown have been compounded among young people. Schools closed save for children of key workers and vulnerable children, clubs and groups cancelled indefinitely, children were prevented from seeing friends and even family members and experienced a lack of routine and locked down at home with their immediate family.
Those fortunate to have loving stable families have benefitted from being helped to navigate their way through lockdown. Those less fortunate and growing up in already dysfunctional families have had an entirely different experience.
These children have been out of sight and out of mind for the last six months.
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