"A new report - seen exclusively by the BBC - includes individual accounts of 600 people who were under 18 during the pandemic. They include happy memories of time spent with family, as well as the impact of disruption to schools being moved online, social isolation and the loss of relatives. The inquiry will start hearing evidence on these issues from Monday 29 September."
"Wigan resident Sam was 12 during the first lockdowns and says he found it hard to understand the rules that prevented him spending more time with his dad. His dad's death left him struggling with regrets that he had "lost a relationship" because of the isolation before his father's death. "I do feel deep down that something has been stolen from me," he says. "But I do know that the procedures that we had to go through were right. It was a bad situation.""
A report gathers testimony from 600 people who were under 18 during the pandemic, revealing a wide range of experiences. Some children recalled happier memories of family time and benefited from online learning, while others faced social isolation, disrupted schooling, worsening mental health, domestic violence, and bereavement. Individual accounts include a teenager who lost his father after restricted contact and later his mother, saying lockdown made him feel as if 'something had been stolen' yet also gave him resilience. The Covid-19 public inquiry will begin taking evidence on the pandemic's effects on children and young people from 29 September.
Read at www.bbc.com
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