Why Children with Trauma Can Feel Isolated, and How Parents Can Help

Children who’ve been through traumatic or scary events can often seem listless and down.  You may have noticed them spending more time alone or complaining about being different from their friends at school.  Isolation, a feeling of solitude, of being set apart for the wrong reasons, can set in big-time for kids, leaving them uncertain about themselves or driven to act out for attention in all the wrong ways.  Why is this, and what can we do to support our kids in kicking isolation to the curb and realizing that they are perfect, just the way they are? 

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