A poll conducted by charity Action for Children found that the coronavirus pandemic is also leaving them anxious, scared of illness and death, lonely, angry and suffering nightmares.
The survey, which involved more than over 1,000 parents and 1,000 children aged between six and 15, found that 57 per cent if children think their parents will be worried about making it a happy time for their family.
Half of children (49 per cent) reported anxiety as a result of the pandemic crisis, more than a third (38 per cent) were scared of getting ill or dying, a third (33 per cent) were feeling lonely, a quarter of children felt (26 per cent) reported feeling angry, and more than one in eight (13 per cent) said they were suffering nightmares.
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