Bear in a Window: Australian children's perspectives on lockdown and experiences of the COVID‐19 pandemic

This paper examines the reflections of a cohort of Australian children who lived through the 2020–21 COVID‐19 pandemic and experienced being in ‘lockdown’; a state of largely being confined to the home for long periods daily. We report how children reflect on their experiences and illustrate how ref...

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Published in:Children & society 2023-01, Vol.37 (1), p.183-198
Main Authors: Kelly, Barbara F., Diskin‐Holdaway, Chloé
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Australia
Children
coronavirus
COVID-19
Discourse
Food
Health education
Healthy food
lockdown
pandemic
Pandemics
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Summary:This paper examines the reflections of a cohort of Australian children who lived through the 2020–21 COVID‐19 pandemic and experienced being in ‘lockdown’; a state of largely being confined to the home for long periods daily. We report how children reflect on their experiences and illustrate how reflections draw on similar topics focused on localised child concerns regarding health, education, family, digital engagement, mealtimes and food. Further, we argue for the importance of including children's own voices of lived experience in reports regarding life during the pandemic since these perspectives may differ from those reported by adults on children's behalf.
ISSN:0951-0605
1099-0860
DOI:10.1111/chso.12667