Parents are warned against locking up your children in the house alone since it may make them feel confused, abandoned and scared. But 16 days indoors, it seems, is too much for children that had been used to spending most of their waking hours either in school or outside playing. Therefore, my children have plenty of friends to play with,” says Ms Musau. AdvertisementUnfortunately, her children are more irritable than usual and are fighting more, factors she attributes to being confined indoors for long. “For children, play is their language and the medium through which they learn how to interact with their environment.

Source: Daily Nation April 08, 2020 04:52 UTC