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Reliance on homeschooling had a massive negative impact on children, particularly for underprivileged communities. Virtual schooling was exceedingly challenging for children with special needs and their caregivers. Children experienced considerable stress and anxiety adapting to new communication methods with their teachers, video conferencing solutions, and loss of physical interaction in a familiar setting (school classrooms). They could not spend time with their peers for group learning or go to recess to play with their friends. Child development has been severely impaired due to virtual schooling. We may not know the true long-lasting effects of this forced isolation on the world's children for many years.