A psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology testified to the National Citizen’s Inquiry that COVID-19 policies such as masking and lockdowns harmed the emotional and social development of Canadian infants and children.
“[Children] are at risk for failed developmental milestones, disrupted social-emotional interaction, and risk for reduced capacity for emotional and behavioural regulation,” registered psychotherapist Karen Epstein Gilboa testified on May 18 in Ottawa.
The National Citizen’s Inquiry (NCI), which describes itself as a “citizen-led and citizen-funded initiative that is completely independent of government,” has been holding hearings in various locations across the country. It is examining how the COVID-19 pandemic measures put in place by all levels of government impacted Canadians in the categories of health, fundamental rights and freedoms, social well-being, and economic prosperity….