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While the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has affected families in many different ways, one of the hallmarks of the past year has been the mandatory use of face masks.
These are designed to curb the spread of the virus by preventing droplets from leaving our noses and mouths and potentially spreading infection to others.
This may be a good thing, but they also obscure our faces, and while for adults and older children this hasn t affected our relationships much, many parents have concerns about how they are affecting our babies.
Long term impacts