Children might not be at risk for coronavirus, but Angelina Jolie is revealing how children are still vulnerable during the pandemic.
The 44-year-old Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian wrote an op-ed piece for Time in which she says that young people who are victims of abuse will be unsafe at home during isolation. “Isolating a victim from family and friends is a well-known tactic of control by abusers, meaning that the social distancing that is necessary to stop COVID-19 is one that will inadvertently fuel a direct rise in trauma and suffering for vulnerable children,” Angelina said in her article.
She added, “It comes at a time when children are deprived of the very support networks that help them cope: from their trusted friends and