I do think that it is common for adults to believe that children's emotions differ from adult emotions in the degree of depth. I'd have to say that they probably do not differ in that manner and children are probably even less equipt to deal with the depth of those emotions because they lack the perspective that comes with more life experience.
Well said Cricket!
I think those of us who lived it can understand that "Yes, it can be that bad." I often find myself trying to convince others that when DS says he hates school and himself it is not something that all kids say/feel. It is about a profound sense of being different and loneliness.
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