When Two Quiet Children Need Two Kinds of Support

When Two Quiet Children Need Two Kinds of Support

In early childhood classrooms, silence is one of the most mysterious behaviors we meet. From a distance, two children can look almost identical—quiet, withdrawn, their voices disappearing the moment someone speaks to them. It’s easy to think we understand what silence means just by looking at it. I used to believe that, too. Then two little girls taught me that silence can be holding completely different stories, even when the room sees only one…