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

peer conflict.”

It was glossy.

It had stock photos of smiling children.

It felt like being handed a bandage after someone pushed you down the stairs.

I walked out of the building shaking—not with rage this time.

With something worse.

Clarity.

On the drive home, my wife stared out the window.

“They’re never going to admit it,” she said.

“No,” I replied. “They’re continue reading …