In this series focusing on the wellbeing of pre-schoolers, school and tertiary students, The Age explores what children and young people need to thrive in a post-pandemic world.
In this series, The Age is focusing on the wellbeing of Victoria’s 1.69 million children and young people two years after pandemic lockdowns ended.Younger children are recovering from the lingering effects of lockdowns faster than Victorians aged to 12 to 24, but the mental health of young adults continues to be worse than in other states.on the wellbeing of pre-schoolers, school and tertiary students two years after lockdowns ended.
Young children, like Mylah Dovaston-Zietara, pictured with mother Kylie Dovaston, are doing better in the years since lockdowns than older age groups.“There are children who are recovering; for example when the school gates first opened, it was a trickle, and now it’s a walk,” said Cornish, who has just released a book,, to help parents and educators understand impacts and challenges for children.
Girls and young women were especially affected, as 45.5 per cent said they experienced a mental health condition in the previous year , compared with 32.4 per cent of boys and young men. Mental ill-health in young people had jumped 50 per cent since 2007.has spoken to dozens of researchers, youth advocates and mental health experts, academics, principals and young people to give parents an understanding of how they could support their young people.
Lucas Walsh, director of the Monash Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice described mental health data about tertiary-aged students and young people as “a proper crisis”.
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