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Please find a comment from the Early Years 麻花影视on new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which found that nearly half of parents (47%) reported that their child's social and emotional skills had worsened during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with children aged 4-7 the worst affected.

Commenting, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said: 

鈥淚t is incredibly concerning, though sadly not surprising, that such a high proportion of families have reported that their children鈥檚 social and emotional skills worsened during the pandemic.

鈥淎nd while it is vital that, moving forward, all children are given the care and attention they need to make up for the 鈥榣ost learning鈥� during this period, given the particularly significant impact of the pandemic on younger children, it鈥檚 clear that this needs to start in the early years.

鈥淗ow can it be, then, that at a time when young children need more individual and high-quality support than ever, ministers have chosen to take an approach to early years policy will achieve the exact opposite?

鈥淔rom the relaxing of ratios to the lowering of qualification requirements, the government鈥檚 insistence on prioritising increasing capacity in the early years over and above ensuring quality provision is the worst possible approach at the worst possible time.鈥�