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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be honest I worry much less about the 0-5 age cohort in terms of isolation. Many times, those kids don’t go to school anyways in large areas of the country , and they’re pretty much at home with a parent and rarely get out, in rural areas. At least in the past. My mom has mentioned how she was lonely as a little kid and jealous of her older sister going to school and making friends. She didn’t start school until first grade and says she just played in the yard alone.

I worry more about the pre teens who have developed online personas now and aren’t even interested in going back out with their real friends. [/quote]

Your argument makes no sense. Socialization is important for kids of ALL ages. Just because kids in rural areas didn’t used to socialize until school doesn’t make it ok or healthy. [/quote]

You mistake socialization with “playing with peers”. For young children , socialization is being with an attentive caregiver - being smiled at, talked to, fed. [/quote]

and now moms have to do that while working at the same time. yay. [/quote]

Ok that’s a completely different topic though. Also, daycares are open for working parents.[/quote]

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