Pandemic Hurt Children's Social Skills, Mental Health Most
th grade within the past five years, encompassing years when schools faced significant disruption from the COVID-19 health emergency.
The survey was conducted by web Feb. 18-26, using Gallup’s probability-based panel.Previously released findings from the same poll show that while six in 10 Americans say the pandemic is over (59%), a similar percentage worry about seeing another pandemic in their lifetime (58%).
In addition, 47% of U.S. adults say their life is completely back to the normal that existed before the pandemic, while 13% expect it to eventually return to pre-pandemic normalcy and 40% think life will never get back to normal.K-12 parents’ impressions of the pandemic’s impact on children diverge most based on their child’s grade level at the start of the pandemic, in March 2020.Parents of middle school students (who were in sixth through eighth grade at the beginning of the pandemic) are more likely than parents of elementary (kindergarten through fifth grade) or high school students (grades nine through 12) to report ongoing negative effects.
This is the case for all six areas compared with elementary school students, and for social skills, math, reading and science compared with high school students.While partisans’ views of many aspects of the pandemic differ sharply, K-12 parents’ reports of its negative effects on their child’s life are similar across party lines.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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