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Childhood loneliness

Childhood loneliness is a child’s painful feeling of being socially disconnected, unwanted, or left out by peers.

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Child has no friends and feels left out

Child has no friends and feels left out

Take the feeling seriously A child who says they have no friends is not simply being dramatic. Loneliness in childhood can be measured reliably, and research has found that peer-rejected children tend to report more loneliness than other children. That does not mean every lonely child is being rejected by peers, but it does mean […]