To my 5-year-old son, on his first day of kindergarten:I sat in our living room recently, watching you intently playing with your magnetic tiles. I observed as you pieced them together just so, forming an intricate "spaceship" with an "escape hatch" where a miniature Darth Vader could perch inside. I watched how you patiently pieced the tiles together, until it was just right, and asked you how you knew where the pieces should go."I have the instructions in my brain, Mommy," you told me [...]
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