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IYF: pandemic created generational timebomb for disadvantaged kids By Kevin O Mahony Image: Getty A youth advocacy group s warning the pandemic has created a generational timebomb for disadvantaged children and young people.
The Irish Youth Foundation says 4 in 5 youth workers believe it ll have a profound long-term impact .
Mental health, drop-off in education and difficulties with training and employment are their main concerns.
But CEO of the Irish Youth Foundation, Lucy Masterson, says young people are headed towards a “massive mental health crisis”: It s like a generation will have regressed, their mental health has taken a battering and their resilience has been completely depleted and social skills have been lost.