TABLE 1.

Summary of the impacts of COVID‐19 on children

Positive impacts
Childhood development	Learning new educational skills
	Getting indulged into indoor physical activities
	Personality development
	Self‐confidence build up
Greater awareness	Awareness about an unknown disease and health
	Developing inner strength to face such challenges in future
Developing relationships and empathy	Coming more closer to family
	Forming a bond of love and affection
	Developing selfless devotion towards humankind
	Dwelling virtues of humanity and empathy at early stage of life
	Developing new horizons beyond home and schools
Learning nature's value	Start valuing and caring nature
Negative impacts
Effects on education	Loss of quality
	Deprival of education
	Inadequate learning
	Lack of digital access
	Fall in educational outputs
	Wide learning gap between low and high socioeconomic group
Anxiety about the future	Delay in examinations
	Late beginning of new session
	Development of anxiety and frustration about future
Health issues	Lack of outdoor physical activities
	Prone to various health disorders
	Nutritional deficiency
	Lack of immunisation
Aggressive behavioural changes	Social isolation
	Frustration, anger, anxiety, irritation
Lack of competitive zone	Disconnection from schools
	Loss of enthusiasm and interest to compete
Addiction to social media and the Internet	Cyberbullying
	Sexual exploitation
	Addiction to harmful substances
Increased risks of child exploitation	Deprival of education
	Domestic violation
	Child abuse
	Child labour
Impact on disabled children	Lack of provision of educational, nutritional and healthcare services