'We can play tag with a stick'. Children's knowledge, experiences, feelings and creative thinking during the COVID‐19 pandemic. (3rd May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Waboso, Nwakerendu; Donison, Laurel; Raby, Rebecca; Harding, Evan; Sheppard, Lindsay C.; Grossman, Keely; Myatt, Haley; Black, Sara
• Is Part Of: Children & society. Volume 37:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 215
• Publication Date: 2022-05-03
• Subjects: agency -- children -- health & well‐being -- participation -- youth; Children -- Care and hygiene -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Periodicals; Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Children -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; 362.70941
• DOI: 10.1111/chso.12579
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-0605

Abstract

Abstract: Using a relational approach, we draw on repeated interviews with a group of 30 diverse children from Ontario to share and reflect on their knowledge, experiences and feelings early in the COVID‐19 pandemic. Prioritising relational interdependence and relational agency, this paper illustrates our participants' embedded engagements with the pandemic and their contribution to the co‐production of knowledge. We emphasise their thoughtful responses to the pandemic; their creative, self‐reflexive strategies for managing a difficult time; and their advice to others. We thus prioritise children's viewpoints and emphasise their relational interconnections with others during a time that was marked by social isolation.