IInequality and pandemic in the lives of Brazilian girls and boys

Abstract

This article highlights the participation of young children and the reciprocal relationship of childhood with class society. Has as a starting point PhD researches and is based on the Sociology of Childhood, it explores the impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the life and education of young children. It deals with childhood in the plural because it understands that, in addition to the diversity present in our country, there are also different focuses of analysis on this social group. It concludes that although, from a medical and health point of view, children are less susceptible to the damage caused by the virus, childhood as a social category is one of the most affected by the capital crisis that, although it was already underway, it had in the health crisis an aggravating consequence due to the social isolation that increased the drop in family income, unemployment and job insecurity. This situation deepened social inequalities and put brazilian girls and boys in danger.