Kids in Lockdown

We all are going through a strange phase of our lives during this lockdown period. It is putting an immense stress not only on adults but also to the kids, who are neither allowed to go to school, nor even going outside to play.
  Having a 7 year old kid at home, I can feel how this lockdown has brought an extreme hardship to these little ones. Getting up early in the morning, going to school, studying and playing with friends there, is a major part of a school going kid and suddenly when this schedule changes, their whole world has changed. Yes, kids love waking up late and staying home with parents, but when this weekend fun becomes a regular routine, even they start feeling bored.
The extended period of lockdown  all over the world has led the education sector to start online classes, though in a country like India it is not possible for all the students to be a part of online learning. Even though who are lucky to have the facility of online learning, every morning attending  online classes is becoming scary due to various network issues.
 A child is happy when he goes to school and meet his friends and teachers personally. But this pandemic has changed their daily routine. They are too small to learn everything virtually.  They could see their friends on the computer screen, but still they cant talk to them. They cant give a hug to their besties. Its really sad for them. Kids are immensely missing all the fun they have at school.
Though the kids are having their music classes, drawing classes & dance classes online, they cant join the games classes. They cant go outside to play with a ball. Playing outside in open air, not only improves their physical & mental health, but also develop essential social skills, which kids in lockdown are being deprived off.
Since they are spending the whole day at home, kids are more prone to watch television, mobile phones and playing video games. And cutting down the screen time for the sake of their health without any fight has become a great challenge for the parents, at present.
With the emergence of lockdown, everyday my son asks when the lockdown will be over and he can go outside. He still believes that after summer vacation his school will be re-opened and finally he could visit his new class. For every kid, this year's summer holidays will be different. They cant go on a vacation, they cant go outside to meet their loved ones, they cant go out for a movie and have their favourite Pizza and even cant step out from home to breathe a fresh air. 
Kids can not express their stress, anxiety & loneliness as we can. But still self isolation is posing a psychological effect on these young minds. They don't know how this Covid 19 has threatened our lives &  economy. They don't know about the vulnerable condition of migrant labour and how thousands of people in India are starving these days, they only know that a Virus has changed their daily lives and  the Zombie virus is taking away all the fun they could have. So its our duty to make them understand that even if the crisis is over and we are back to our normal lives, our lives will never be as normal as before.