COVID lockdown babies show language strengths at age four

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260717/COVID-lockdown-babies-show-language-strengths-at-age-four.aspx Four-year-olds born during England's first lockdown performed well in many language and reasoning tests, but researchers found signs that executive function skills may need extra support as this generation progresses through school. A recent Archives of Disease in Childhood study assessed the development of four-year-old children born during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdowns.