In case you weren’t already persuaded that lockdowns were devastating for children, a new study finds that physical abuse of school-aged kids tripled during the early months of the pandemic.
The authors of “Impact of ‘Stay-at-Home’ Orders on Non-Accidental Trauma: A Multi-Institutional Study,” which was recently presented at the virtual American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, looked at data from 39,000 children in nine pediatric trauma centers from March to September 2020 and compared it to data from the same span in the three years prior.
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