KATEDRA SOCIOLÓGIE, FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA, UNIVERZITA KONŠTANTÍNA FILOZOFA V NITRE

Children are vulnerable in a qualitatively different way when compared to adults for both biological and social reasons. In this article I focus on how social vulnerability becomes more severe in times of stress or crisis for adults, such as the current pandemic, affecting children’s rights. Thus, I delve into the role of the age bias in children’s social vulnerability to immediately explore how the age bias has been exacerbated during the pandemic. I analyze the case of Spain and the measures in relation to the COVID-19 lockdown regarding children’s rights to health, education, and information. Thereby, I try to shed some light on how the age bias ends up generating measures and messages that normalize the discrimination and invisibilization of children’s needs. I conclude advocating the need of implanting a preventive perspective, and the duty to guarantee children a voice in the public sphere as a matter of justice.Children’s Rights, Age Bias, Vulnerability, Mental Health, COVID, Justice

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