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Sources for When a Child Feels Left Out or Lonely

1, 2, 3 Educational Resources Information Center. 1998. Loneliness in Young Children, last referenced 3/6/07.

4 U.S. Department of Education. 2003. Confidence-Helping Your Child Through Early Adolescence, last referenced 2/9/2007.

5 Page, R.M. and G.E. Cole. Winter 1991. Loneliness and alcoholism risk in late adolescence: A comparative study of adults and adolescents. Adolescence 26(104): 925-30.

6 Rokach, A. 2002. Coping With Loneliness: Young Adult Drug Users, last referenced 3/19/2007.

7 U.S. Department of Education. 2003. Confidence-Helping Your Child Through Early Adolescence, last referenced 2/9/2007.
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