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WHAT HAVE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS MADE OF WHAT THE PANDEMIC HAS DONE TO THEM?1 1 Article published with funding from theConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico- CNPq/Brazil for editing, layout and XML conversion services.

ABSTRACT:

This paper discusses how children and adolescents lived the covid-19 pandemic as a generational experience, seeking to understand their interpretations of the social interactions reconfigured by the social distancing measures adopted to combat the disease. Data were obtained from two studies conducted with children and adolescents aged 8 to 14 years, residing in 33 cities from the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte and 27 administrative regions of the Federal District. Both studies adopted a mixed methodology, collecting census data using questionnaires, broadened by open questions. The analysis points to a concern with inter and intragenerational solidarity, and shows that children and adolescents reject dichotomies, especially those that separate adults and children, and express their criticism about the context and the political and individual actions resulting from it.

Keywords:
generation; children; adolescents; sociology of childhood; sociology of youth

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