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Children learn to be alone through love, not distance

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is something that makes adults uneasy about a child playing alone. A kid absorbed in something private at a playground edge, a bedroom door closed for an afternoon. These scenes have a way of triggering concern. Are they OK? Do they need something? Should someone go and join […] The post Children learn to be alone through love, not distance first appeared

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Children learn to be alone through love, not distance

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is something that makes adults uneasy about a child playing alone. A kid absorbed in something private at a playground edge, a bedroom door closed for an afternoon. These scenes have a way of triggering concern. Are they OK? Do they need something? Should someone go and join […
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