Gabby was two years old when the Covid pandemic forced the country into a national lockdown. Being an only child, she didn't see any other kids for months.
When restrictions were finally lifted and schools reopened, she was scared of approaching other children of her age. "I think she absorbed the message that we don't go near people," her mother Jenni says. "When she was starting school, she was telling me she was nervous because there would be a lot of kids.
So I rounded up every kid she knew and got a bouncy castle. It definitely made her less scared of a group. I made her more confident when she started school." Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. But the problem, which is still affecting young children all over the country, isn't that simple to solve.
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