Résumé
In caring for our pediatric patients, we will continue to live with the fact that the disruptions have not been uniformly felt, with increased impact on Black and Brown children and those living in poverty;additionally, levels of access to routine pediatric health services have varied throughout the pandemic.1 For all children, though, we have to make up much lost time when it comes to physical, mental, and academic concerns, as well as socialization issues. Because schools provide another resource for identifying and addressing mental health concerns, the complete or partial shift to virtual learning likely compounded the mental health crisis. According to one study, "the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic has doubled, compared with prepan-demic estimates. Early childhood: A profound degree of development takes place from birth to 5 years of life. Because of the pandemic, children 5 years and younger have spent all or a significant portion of their lives in social isolation alongside parents or caregivers.