But the really wonderful thing is his approach to making friends, says Séamas O’Reilly
or the past few weeks, I’ve been taking my son to the playground. Or, rather, he’s been taking me, as it’s right beside his school and he’s taken to running straight into it with the pace of a greased pig, leaving me to chuff and bluster after him. Speed, he likes to tell me, is one of his main superpowers. He has several now, with strength and stamina close behind.
Adults too should just approach anyone and ask to be their friend because they are wearing a cool hat Most kids say ‘OK’ and run away, instigating an impromptu game of tag that serves as the on-boarding for this nascent friendship. Other times – rarely, but not so rarely that the spectre of several such incidents won’t haunt me until the day I die – I watch as would-be pals issue a terse ‘no’ and return to whatever they were doing beforehand. At this, he fumbles with his fingers and moves on to the next person, entirely unmoved.
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