RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic
A1 González-Calvo, Gustavo
A1 Varea, Valeria
A1 García-Monge, Alfonso
AB Covid-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, and the world has witnessed significant changes since then. Spain has been forced to go into extreme lockdown, cancelling all school classes and outdoor activities for children, which may have significant consequences on young people. This paper explores how young children have experienced lockdown as a consequence of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and what they think about their future lives after Covid-19. Data were collected from 73 students aged from 7 to 9 years old, using participant-produced drawings and short questions with children’s and parents’ descriptive comments. We used a children’s rights perspective and the Freirean approach of a pedagogy of love and hope to analyse the data. Results suggest that participants have been through significant changes in their routines, and that what they miss most from their lives before Covid-19 is playing outdoors with their friends and visiting their grandparents. To our knowledge, this paper is the first of its kind in investigating how the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced the ways that children lived during pandemic and its possible implications for their futures.
PB Sage
SN 0192-513X
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/78181
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/78181
LA eng
NO González-Calvo, G., Varea, V., & García-Monge, A. (2022). Children’s Experiences of Lockdown and Social Distancing in the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of Family Issues, 44(9), 2422-2445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X221094038
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-oct-2025