According to data tabulated by COVID Collaborative, 217,364 children nationally have lost a caregiver to COVID-19, nearly 300 per 100,000 Americans.
, 217,364 children nationally have lost a caregiver to COVID-19, nearly 300 per 100,000 Americans. The data show that 108,738 children lost a primary caregiver, with 17,102 of them losing their sole caregiver.
Sisters Yasmin, 10, and Aslin, 15, lost their father, Warren Bates, to COVID-19 on March 22, 2020––a mere eight days after he was admitted to the hospital. Aslin says, “It was rough. I couldn’t, like, focus as much at school.” Their mother, Ingrid Cardona, shared that: “It started affecting her academically. She was an honor student at that time.
Nathaniel went on to add that “when kids returned, it was almost like, well, let’s just pick up where we left off. So we see the delay of social emotional skills, executive functioning skills are totally two years behind, as far as socializing.”is another residual effect that bereaved children of COVID-19 children in New York City are battling with. Both Madison and Yasmin, the youngest children of two affected families, are dealing with anxiety.
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