When we look back at the COVID crisis we’ll remember few things more potently and poignantly than the social and mental effects the pandemic had on our children.
When lockdown struck Brisbane, parents – quite rightly – held deep fears about how their children would handle one of the first tragic events to impact their young lives. Equally, parents felt immense pressure to ensure their little ones didn’t miss opportunities in terms of their learning and development when it became clear that learning from home would be the norm for the foreseeable future.
It was something that weighed heavily on the mind of Timothy Cochrane, too.
Cochrane, the Head of Experience & Marketing at Brisbane-headquartered not-for-profit childcare group Goodstart Early Learning, says the educators and executives at the business weren’t sure what impact the pandemic would ultimately have on families and centres.
“It was such a concerning and worrying time for our educators and our parents,” he says.
