There is something a child remembers long after the visit is over. Not the toy, not the treat — the words that were said to them while they were just being themselves. A grandmother's voice has a way of settling into a child in a way no one else's quite does. I have spent years working with children and families, and one pattern has stayed consistent: what a child hears about who they are becomes what they believe about themselves. Before the world gets a chance to tell them otherwise, the pe...

The Words They Carry

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