Report finds school children are forgetting basic life skills amid coronavirus lockdowns

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Young children in the United Kingdom are reportedly forgetting how to complete basic life skills amid the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.

Teachers in the UK reported that some toilet-trained students regressed back to using diapers and “others who had forgotten some basic skills they had mastered, such as eating with a knife and fork – not to mention the loss of early progress in words and numbers,” according to the report.

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