The event attracted more than 2,250 psychological scientists from at least 40 countries and featured dozens of symposia, flash talks, and workshops, along with more than 1,200 poster presentations. Attendees ranged from undergraduates attending their first-ever professional conference to world-renowned practitioners from academia and industry.
Experts say this is what children need to survive the COVID-19 pandemic
USA TODAY spoke with experts in child development on how remote school, reduced socialization and increased screen time is affecting kids.
Alia E. Dastagir and Alia Wong, USA TODAY
Published
4:22 pm UTC Dec. 22, 2020
It has been almost a year of pandemic parenting, an all-consuming, ever-changing chaos that has tested American families in unprecedented ways.
Schools closed, then opened, then closed again. Playdates were fewer and fraught with new rules. Working parents often did their jobs without child care, while parents of teens did their best to buffer against a litany of losses – friends, sports, proms, graduations. For many low-income families, COVID-19 exacerbated existing hardships, and toxic stress trickled down from parent to child.