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Isabel wants to hang out alone <strong>in</strong> herroom after school or leave a birthdayparty a little earlier than the other kids.She also understands that s<strong>in</strong>ce Isabeldoesn’t see any <strong>of</strong> this as a problem,there’s no reason that she should.Joyce has also ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>tohow to help her daughter manage playgroundpolitics. Once, Isabel was worriedabout how to divide her timeamong three friends who didn’t getalong with each other. “My <strong>in</strong>itial <strong>in</strong>st<strong>in</strong>ct,”says Joyce, “would be to say,Don’t worry about it! Just play with themall! But now I understand that Isabel’s adifferent k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> person. She hastrouble strategiz<strong>in</strong>g about how tohandle all these people simultaneouslyon the playground. So we talk aboutwho she’s go<strong>in</strong>g to play with and when,and we rehearse th<strong>in</strong>gs she can tell herfriends to smooth the situation over.”693/929

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