Between March and June 2020 behavioural and attention difficulties increased while most children were not attending school. These generally decreased from July when home schooling demands reduced for the summer holidays and as children returned to school in September.
Participating parents and carers reported that their children displayed increasing behaviour difficulties, including temper tantrums, arguments and not doing what they were being asked to do by adults during the first lockdown. They also became more fidgety and restless and had greater difficulty paying attention.
Since schools have reopened to all children, parents and carers have found that their children display fewer emotional difficulties, such as feeling unhappy, worried, being clingy and experiencing physical symptoms associated with worry.
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