"isolated child" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to describe a child who is physically or emotionally isolated from others, either by their own choice or due to circumstances outside their control. For example, "The poor boy was an isolated child, growing up in a rural area with no nearby friends."
He was an only, isolated child.
For example, Ms. Neeti Daftari, of the nonprofit Aangan Trust, shared their success with a recent initiative to create Whatsapp groups connecting previously isolated Child Welfare Committees to organize interstate transfer of rescued children.
She had never individuated – she went from being an overly protected, isolated child to the wife of an already famous and successful American illustrator, 15 years her senior.
I've heard adults write off a child with attention issues or poor math or reading scores, saying "he is just not trying". Or label a socially awkward or even socially isolated child as a "natural loner"—in preschool!
An isolated child who is alone and just watching a TV at that age can be entertained, but that child's brain isn't activated and strengthened by that TV watching process.
Computer software billionaire Genoa Reeves was an unhappy, isolated child, saved only by the sensitive attention of teacher Ben Little.
Those isolated children become far more vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers or criminals.
Some of the measurements of the clubs' successes are how previously insular or isolated children come out of their shells in the classes, he said.
A charitable scheme to help isolated children – hopefully very young, with features, teeth and teddy bears to prove it – is one thing.
Deaf club helps isolated children Jump to media player Meet the deaf mother who made sure her son, who is also deaf, had "billions of friends".
UNICEF is working with Pakistan's top pop group Strings to reach the most vulnerable and isolated children.
