Temporary school closures Increased consultation for children “Make parents get angry” at 4:28 on April 21
While temporary school closures continued due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, consultations from children such as "I can not talk with my friends" or "My parents became angry" are being sent to support groups one after another. .
According to the "Child Line", which accepts consultations from children up to 18 years old by telephone etc., the last month when the school temporarily closed, the number of consultation calls received from children was 15,378 the same month last year. Exceeded 400 cases.
From the beginning of this month, we have been reducing the number of lines to prevent infection, but we are still receiving more than 5,000 consultations in half a month.
From the consultation, it seems that the mental stress of the children is increasing as the school is temporarily closed and refraining from going out. There are many things about anxiety, worries about human relationships such as "I can't talk with my friends", more time spent with my family, and more about family relationships such as "My parents got angry". .
Hiroe Takahashi, Senior Managing Director of the Child Line Support Center, said, `` Children will not be told what adults say, but adults and children will think together how to overcome this situation I think it will be possible to receive them and gain a sense of security. "