With 2020’s ‘Covid babies’ preparing for their first school year, parents share how they plan to approach the transition Katrina O'Shea and her daughter Kate A brand-new school year is on the horizon and, like any other year, toddlers are gearing up for ‘big school’. But four years on from the pandemic, a unique cohort of children will step into classrooms — the ‘lockdown babies’. Just as we adapted to lockdown rules, these children, born into a different world, must now adjust to new surroundings, rules and routines at school.
But some parents have reported worries about the upcoming academic year..
