Impact on Children's Mental Health and Development Being Indoors During the Lockdown

Abstract

The Children due to the lockdown were shut in the indoors. This increased their time spent on watching television and playing games on gadgets, decreasing the amount of physical activity. All these reasons have affected the mental and physical development of children. The children are very vulnerable and excessive use of gadgets might be harmful especially when the physical activity is mostly restricted. This Research paper examines the impact of lockdown on children's mental health and development. The data for the research was collected via questionnaire to investigate the effect of being indoor on the mental and physical development of the children. The paper aims to suggest measure that can be taken to ensure the child’s mental and physical development.