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Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3572-4976
Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
2023 (English)In: Journal of Family Issues, ISSN 0192-513X, E-ISSN 1552-5481, Vol. 44, no 9, p. 2422-2445Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Covid-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, and the world has witnessed significant changes since then. Spain has been forced to go into extreme lockdown, cancelling all school classes and outdoor activities for children, which may have significant consequences on young people. This paper explores how young children have experienced lockdown as a consequence of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and what they think about their future lives after Covid-19. Data were collected from 73 students aged from 7 to 9 years old, using participant-produced drawings and short questions with children’s and parents’ descriptive comments. We used a children’s rights perspective and the Freirean approach of a pedagogy of love and hope to analyse the data. Results suggest that participants have been through significant changes in their routines, and that what they miss most from their lives before Covid-19 is playing outdoors with their friends and visiting their grandparents. To our knowledge, this paper is the first of its kind in investigating how the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced the ways that children lived during pandemic and its possible implications for their futures.

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Sage Publications, 2023. Vol. 44, no 9, p. 2422-2445
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children, Covid-19, images, lockdown, play, social distancing
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-99143DOI: 10.1177/0192513X221094038ISI: 000800342300001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-99143DiVA, id: diva2:1660079
Available from: 2022-05-23 Created: 2022-05-23 Last updated: 2023-11-24Bibliographically approved

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