The national focus and media attention has understandably been on how Covid has disrupted the life of every child. I have witnessed first-hand the ups and downs of daily life with my stepchildren - with their interrupted schooling, many days of self-isolation, lack of access to structured activities and reduced contact with family and friends.
I would not seek to deny or minimise the significant challenges that our young people have had to endure and manage over the last 12 months; the increase in the number of children living in poverty is of course testament to this. There are many areas of obvious impacts, to a greater or lesser extent, such as education, bereavement, social interactions, abuse and neglect, all forms of poverty and of course physical and mental wellbeing.
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