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        <article-title>Covid 19 pandemic and its impact on children</article-title>
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            <givenName>Chennadi</givenName>
            <surname>Amith</surname>
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            <givenName>Chennadi</givenName>
            <surname>Amith</surname>
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        </contrib><aff id="aff0"><institution>Department of Paediatrics, Prathima Institue of Medical Sciences, Dept. of Paediatrics, Prathima Institue of Medical Sciences</institution>
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      <p>• Introduction of E learning helped the children to develop more creative skills and activities that would benefit them in later life keeping in pace with education.</p>
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      <title>Some of negative impact:</title>
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      <p>• Closing schools and library facilities which is only mode of education for some children who cannot access to internet impacted most in their learning. This is more seen in rural areas and lower socio economic background 2 .</p>
      <p>• Anxiousness and frustration regarding reaching higher heights in their career and success is seen in children.</p>
      <p>• Lack of outdoor physical activity which resulted in overeating and obesity.</p>
      <p>• Nutritional deficiency is seen in children from rural and lower socio economic groups due to school closure who are dependent on government food programmes provided at school 3 .</p>
      <p>• Isolation, physical distance , loneliness, fear of deprived of company and misunderstanding with their own peer groups are some challenging situations which brought drastic behavior changes in children 4,5 .</p>
      <p>• There is a spike in child marriages mostly in lower socio economic groups .Child right crisis like child labour, child abuse, more so seen in lower socio economic classes.</p>
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      <p>• Addiction to social media and internet leading to cyber bullying and sexual exploitation.</p>
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      <p>Long term impact on children are yet to be seen. Although some of these may be positive, but negative impacts may be devastating and could affect child development .There is a definite need for Government to work together with child welfare organizations and international health care organizations working for children to minimize the negative impact on children.</p>
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