Professor Claudine Bower-Crane shares insights into the effect that lockdowns had on children during the Covid pandemic

In an episode of More or Less on BBC Radio 4, Claudine and other researchers discussed the effects of the lockdowns on children and young people, as homelife was transformed and schools and Universities pivoted online.

Claudine Bowyer-Crane smiling in front of a book case

The programme, How did lockdown impact children?, moves through babyhood, childhood, adolescence, and to young adulthood, as it tries to disentangle the hit to kids' levels of development, attainment, school attendance, mental health, and employment. 

Listen to the programme here: More or Less, BBC Radio 4

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