Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Social-Emotional Wellbeing of Preschool Children and Their Families

In the spring of 2020, as a result lockdown caused by COVID-19 pandemic, many children dropped out daycare and early education in Finland, parents had to balance work childcare for months. The wellbeing families during has been studied some extent, but few studies have focused on under school age. May we sent survey 82 originally recruited our study supporting social-emotional development childhood units, which interrupted pandemic. Twenty responded questionnaires about impacts their parents. Parents reported decline children’s prosocial behavior compared time before pandemic assessed that who stayed at home were lonelier than remained daycare. Otherwise, being or care was not associated with physical mental wellbeing. experienced increased strain problems marital relationships disruption participation deterioration parent–child relationship. Due small sample size, these results should be interpreted caution.