Parents in Pandemic: parents’ perceptions of risks and psychological, relational, and pedagogical needs in childhood during the COVID-19 emergency in Italy
Parents in Pandemic: parents’ perceptions of risks and psychological, relational, and pedagogical needs in childhood during the COVID-19 emergency in Italy

Summary/Abstract: The global spread of the SARS COV-2 virus and the related Coronavirus Disease-19(Covid-19) has forced the entire planet to suddenly adopt important safety standardsand reorganize social reality.The present research investigates the perception of psychological, relational, andpedagogical risks and needs in the developmental age (3-18 years) by the parents ofdifferent Italian regions during the quarantine period. Specifically, we examined theopinions of parents regarding the rules of social distancing and the continuous andmassive use of new technologies for distance learning (DL).The results showed that Italian parents have two main concerns: on the one hand, theemergency in terms of health and health-related aspects; on the other, the teaching,training, and educational trajectories of children. They manifested mistrust andscepticism towards institutions and the school world, in terms of both managementcompetence and structural and infrastructural capacity; aspects perceived as concernsalso for Phase 2 and 3 of the epidemic curve.

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