Kenya: Calming Anxiety in Children as Pandemic Rewrites the Rules

opinion

It is finally dawning on Christine* that the frequent disagreements she is having with her seven-year-old son, might be connected with the boy's lengthy stay indoors, occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The boy's irritability and argumentative behaviour seem to be rising every day for the past couple of weeks, and Christine -- a working mother in Nairobi who has been mostly indoors since March -- now feels it is time to consult an expert.

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