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1/ almost all government policy affects children and yet its effects on children are rarely considered: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/21/babies-and-children-forgotten-and-failed-in-covid-response-say-health-workers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
2/ you cannot separate children's circumstances from those of their families. What adversely affects mum and dad adversely affects them.
3/ potential impacts on children should be at the centre of government policy and legislation. Even in times of emergency. Especially in times of emergency.
4/ catastrophic financial shocks + lockdown + poor quality housing + schools closed + services decimated + no service face to face contact + no safe place to play (etc) = high risk to children's wellbeing, safety and security.
5/ our independent children's impact assessment for @CYPCS @Bruce_Adamson shows that children were not even at the centre of emergency measures that directly affected them: https://cypcs.org.uk/coronavirus/independent-impact-assessment/
6/ it is not that hard. It should not be that hard. It should be integral to the process to think through potential consequences, including unintended consequences, on those with least autonomy and power.
7/ it just requires some really good, deep thinking. And that's what seems to go first. What happens to governments' ability to think at these times? Thinking is underrated in these times of constant motion.
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