NORFOLK, Va. — Born into a world with limited social interaction and restricted public spaces, the first set of babies born during the pandemic are starting kindergarten this year.

"We have noticed some pros and cons related to social-emotional learning and development," said Ciera Streeter, the senior director of Tidewater Community College's Childhood Development Center.

Streeter said she's seen slight changes in social-emotional learning in 2-5 year olds, but first, what is social-emotional learning?

"It's how children learn to relate to themselves and others," Streeter said.

With that in mind, what are those positive impacts of an early childhood lived through a pandemic?

"A lot of those littles have spent a lot of time with their families and with their parents, so we have seen s

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