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CHILDREN suffered a greater loss of social and emotional skills during lockdown if their parents were furloughed, researchers have found.
A survey found 48 per cent of parents found their children to be more easily scared or constantly fidgeting or squirming rather than generally obedient in the first year of the pandemic.
The effect was worse in younger children and if the parents were furloughed, the study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and University College London Institute of Education said.
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