Many families, even those far from the breadline, are struggling. Parents and carers are having to make tough decisions, trimming back on food shopping, energy use and the nicer things in life, such as holidays and meals out.
In the schools I work with, both in my role with Thrive and as a trustee and governor, we're noticing that children are coming into school with much lower levels of social and emotional learning.
The long tail of the pandemic is the underlying factor here – the learning and socialisation of many children was badly affected as we know – but the cost-of-living crisis has compounded those issues.
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