How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect
Bérubé, A., Clément, ME., Lafantaisie, V. LeBlanc, A., Barone, M., Picher, G., Turgeon, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., Lacharité, C. (2020)
Child Abuse and Neglect
online
- COVID-19 lockdown left parents as the sole respondents for their children’s needs.
- We examine parents’ reports on the response their child received to their needs during the lockdown.
- Parents of older children reported less fulfillment of children’s needs.
- Societies must ensure pandemics do not create context for child neglect.