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Coronavirus is isolating children. How to help them thrive.

May 20, 2020 by Starfish Family Services

Brie Zeltner, Bridge Michigan | Published online May 14, 2020 In the Sterling Heights condominium complex where Mary Johnson lives with her 9-year-old son and husband, kids began playing together outdoors as soon as the weather improved.  The sounds of shouting and giggling drift in through Johnson’s windows, a siren call to play that is nearly impossible for a child to ignore, especially when the coronavirus pandemic has severed ties to school, classmates and friends.  But Johnson’s son Nathan, a third-grader and only child, hasn’t been able to join in. “Most of the kids outside playing are siblings,” Johnson told Bridge Magazine. Nathan “hasn’t been able to play with anyone since this started.”  Only children are just one group of kids who are more vulnerable to the isolation and stress caused by the pandemic, experts told Bridge. Kids with pre-existing anxiety or depression, kids with developmental and learning disabilities, and those living in … [Read more...]

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