A survey of nearly 1,000 frontline workers supporting families living in poverty found that the vast majority reported a significant deterioration in children’s emotional health and wellbeing during the coronavirus lockdown.
The research by Buttle UK for its State of Child Poverty 2020 report found that 84 per cent of frontline workers had seen a rise in children and young people’s mental health problems, with 77 per cent reporting a rise in families accessing mental health support during the 10-week national lockdown, during which schools were closed to the majority of pupils.
The stress caused by home schooling and increased financial worries resulted in rising tensions at home with three quarters of workers reporting a rise in child behavioural problems and increased difficulties in parent-child relationships.
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