The pandemic may have actually improved mental health for some kids, study finds

Mother helping son at his computer during e-learning at home. (Credit: Getty Images)

Much has been said about how the pandemic shutdown not only robbed kids of vital socialization and education, but also left them vulnerable to declining mental health, amplifying already debilitating struggles. 

But a new study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, has also found a surprise: that the early COVID isolation may have actually helped improve, ever so slightly, the mental health struggles of some children.