CONTEMPORARY FAMILY PROFILE IN THE POST PANDEMIC
CONTEMPORARY FAMILY PROFILE IN THE POST PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing regulations have meant that families are spending more time at home, and many have been enjoying this quality time together. However, while many practitioners provided virtual support to help families with home learning activities, research suggests that middle-class parents were more likely than working-class parents to receive online support, and many low-income families do not have adequate access to a device or connectivity at home. Covid-19 has exacerbated factors that may influence the prevalence of parental depression, including economic hardship and job insecurity, and those in low-paid or insecure work, who had fewer resources to begin with, were hit harder. Parenting is influenced by parents' current lives - it is easier to parent more effectively when social and economic circumstances are favorable and when stress and anxiety are lower. Some families were at home in more difficult circumstances, and for many parents the stress of financial insecurity meant that they were unable to support their children's learning as much as they would like. Poor parental mental health can impact on parents' ability to develop a warm, sensitive and nurturing relationship with their child. This has implications for the home learning environment, as the process by which children learn to think and understand occurs fundamentally through social interactions with others. The foundations of early language skills are laid when parents respond positively to the child's expressions and vocalizations. When a parent fails to respond to a child's communication with attention, gestures, or speech, the connections in the child's brain that support the development of communication and social skills do not form as they should. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of many on a global level. In December 2019, the coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, china. The virus known as COVID-19 has since spread globally, affecting more than 229 million people, with death rates exceeding 4.70 million. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (who) has since declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. By September 2021, the global infection rate was 230,326,827 cases and 4,722,924 deaths were recorded. The COVID-19 virus has been found to generally spread between individuals through their respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing. The symptoms of the COVID-19 virus have been found to be similar to those of the flu, including shortness of breath, a severe cough over time, and fever. Findings suggest that after exposure to the virus, individuals can be carriers of the virus for 2 days to 2 weeks.

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