By: Annapurna Roy Guwahati: More than a year since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, parents and children are still wrestling normally locked up at home and learning through online mode.
Increased screen time, lack of physical and isolation activities has an impact on mental health of most young people, which can be the most vulnerable in the possibility of the third wave that hit the next country.
Dr.
Nahid Islam, a psychiatrist at the GNRC Hospital here, said children under pressure due to changes in their learning mode and constant fear of Covid-19.
“Adapting to the new system and learning in the atmosphere without a colleague and mentor company is very challenging,” he said.
Cannot socialize with friends, especially now when the third wave might tower large, create loneliness and anxiety.
Most students suffer anxious and cannot concentrate.
Dahlia Paul said it was usually extroverted and energetic teenagers, who studied in class XI, tired of sitting at home.
“He lost the usual co-curricular activities,” he said.
Pooja Mukherjee was very disturbed to see his five-year-old daughter, a class I student, lost sleep due to interference in his normal school schedule.
“The joy of learning in class with his friends is different.
There is no transfer at home,” he said.
Founder and Secretary of Sanskriti – Gurukul, here, Ashutosh Aggarwal, argues that the second wave is more sad to children.
“Schools must adapt and innovate to ensure online learning is proactive and positive,” said Aggarwal.