Is My Kid Lonely or What?

• Posted byNjeri Ng’ang’a

”I’m alone,” thought 10 year old Joel. “Everyone’s gone off and left me. Yippeee! Time to discover a few tricks!”

”I’m alone,” mopped 10 year old Josh. ”Everyone’s gone off and left me. The world sucks! No one cares what I do!”

Which kid is lonely; which isn’t?

Same physical scenario; different responses. How do we explain that?

Is being alone similar to being lonely?

Does a child have to be alone to be lonely?

What makes one kid lonely and another not?

Nature or nurture?

Does loneliness affect a child?

How can the parent/caregiver help? Should they?

The questions grabbing my interest tonight.

Later!

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