Children's Reactions to Lockdown: Need of Nurturing Resilience in Children Exposed to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review Ganie Aasim Ur Rehman1,*, Mukhter Irtifa2 1PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bengaluru-560029, India 2PhD Scholar, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110021, India *Author correspondence: Aasim Ur Rehman Ganie, PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru-560029, India, Email: salvataasim@gmail.com
Online published on 7 December, 2021. Abstract Covid-19 pandemic crisis has created chaos all over the world asisolation, contact restrictions and economic shutdown imposed a complete change to the psychosocial environment in affected countries. Many countries have put lockdown measures to contain the risks associated with the virus. The lockdown due to pandemic has confined the children to their rooms making them vulnerable to develop certain mental health issues because of their particular social and physiological development. This article presents about the various scenarios’ children are getting affected and it mentions recommendation for the parents about how to manage the behavioral and emotional issues among the children by nurturing their resilience. Social Workers have essential frontline role while dealing with children and families during the times of COVID-19 crisis by helping them to adapt the conditions and practices that has largely been successful. Social workers have been supporting parents and family members about the child management and how to engage them in response to any adversity at preparedness or during outbreak periods. However, the involvement of parents and family members may depend on a number of factors including the feasibility, acceptability, safety and cost of measures. Children in particular are vulnerable during infectious disease outbreaks for a variety of reasons like health impacts and social and economic disruptions caused by outbreaks which may affect the normal wellbeing of children. These recommendation for nurturing resilience among children provides an opportunity for the parents and adult family members to interact constructively with their children during this time of confinement. This paper has greater implication for the social work practice during the Covid-19 pandemic and educating the families and parents about these concepts which may prove beneficial for children. Top Keywords COVID-19, Children, Resilience, Isolation, Vulnerability, Mental health. Top |