Across the country, in just about every age bracket, only children are learning that sheltering in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, is different when they must do it without the company of siblings or peers at home.
No siblings. No pals on the block. No reason to leave her home. Yet one month into sheltering in place with her parents in Los Angeles, 14-year-old only child Sofia Nagel isn't bumming too hard about being all alone.
Sofia NagelThe ninth grader has been teaching her mother how to play Minecraft. She has been learning how to skateboard. Just last week, she and one of her best buddies leveraged gamer app Discord and YouTube to launch a video blog series titled"Coronavirus Diaries" about their experiences during quarantine.
"I've lived away from home since I went to college, so I'm used to being far away, but until now I've never felt like there were circumstances going on back home that were beyond their control," she said."In a way, I feel like the roles have reversed, like they're off at college and I need to try to protect them from afar. I guess I [must] trust that they'll do the right things to protect themselves.
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