The Quiet Emergency: When Adults Look Away and Kids Learn to Disappear

I didn’t even notice him at first.

I was halfway into my audiobook, trying to ignore the turbulence and the guy next to me who kept sighing dramatically every time I moved. Then I felt a tiny hand tug at my sleeve. A little boy—maybe three or four years old—stood in the aisle, eyes wide, like he’d been crying.

Before …

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