Effects of living in the Woods on Older Kids

[countryhorror]

Hello little details,
Two of the characters in the story I'm drafting get abandoned in the woods by their parents. They're about 10 years old when that happens and at the start of the actual story they're 13/14, with ideally only a couple of months passing after leaving the woods. I have not worked out the exact details, though since I'm working in a fantasy setting I have considered having fairies kidnap one or both of them to explain the timeframe.
So far my research has only yielded cases where the isolation started way too young for my time frame, or the child in question was gone for only a few days.
I assume social skills *will* be negatively affected by isolation, but to what extent? Are there any other major psychological effects I should keep in mind? Any behaviors you'd expect to form after the period?
Thank you all in advance !

Comments

[mecurtin]

In addition to points others have made, what kind of woods (tropical? temperate?), and how much about survival in that woods do they know before they get left there? Which ties into: how close do they come to starving to death? Surviving in most woods is HARD if you haven't been trained to it for years. 10-14 y.o.s who aren't from a foraging aka hunter-gatherer culture would probably starve unless they can get food from non-woods sources, by stealing or whatever.