Anoop Bishnoi - Developmental Crisis in Children

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 Since the COVID-19 pandemic, education has been severely disrupted.


The global priority in response to this crisis is to ensure that every child is supported so that they can return to school and the learning loss can be recovered. Throughout the pandemic children have missed out on normal developmental opportunities. Their lives became narrow, just in and around home, which of course was needed to keep them safe from COVID-19. But without question, it also robbed them of numerous life lessons that can’t be taught at home. What happens now – their social skills are out of practice and they might be a little more emotionally fragile than they would normally be.

This has been an incredibly difficult period for children, but as parents and guardians, we need to find ways to get their lives back on track. As someone who has worked immensely for the educational cause as well as served social responsibilities through active coordination with multiple NGOs, Anoop Bishnoi, also expressed his thoughts and opinions about how we can help children to return to their normal activities and recover the lost time. Here’s what he has to say, “I believe, it’s not just children but parents as well, who’ve missed the developmental steps…they’re finding it really difficult to give their children, especially teenagers, that age-appropriate independence now and that’s because children have been home for a few years. To help children branch out in the world, we have to encourage them to exercise their independence. The other concerning outcome we should watch for is the learning loss they’ve suffered throughout. To get them back on track, children need social and emotional support. Together we have to find ways to fill the gaps, and for that, we should first understand what they’ve learned and what they didn’t. When children are anxious or tearful about everything they’ve missed out on, offer them comfort and empathy and understand that it’s normal.”

The most important thing we can do now is to be very clear with our children about how we want them to deal with new challenges. Let them take small steps, and also make sure as parents to give full support at all times

Location: India

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