Michael Morpurgo has claimed children will have post-traumatic stress disorder after being away from their school friends during the pandemic.
The former children’s laureate said he feared youngsters who spent a large amount of time learning at home will never get over the trauma.
‘I am worried about the price of Covid for children,’ the 77-year-old writer said.
He blamed a ‘lack of understanding by the Government – that it is all right to stress children out with exams, and that being the be-all and end-all’.
He added: ‘What children need above all are their fellow children. That’s what they were missing – companionship, the normality of going into school.
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