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castles—he’ll often concentrate with
unusual intensity. If a high-reactive
toddler breaks another child’s toy by
mistake, studies show, she often experiences
a more intense mix of guilt and
sorrow than a lower-reactive child
would. All kids notice their environments
and feel emotions, of course, but
high-reactive kids seem to see and feel
things more. If you ask a high-reactive
seven-year-old how a group of kids
should share a coveted toy, writes the
science journalist Winifred Gallagher,
he’ll tend to come up with sophisticated
strategies like “Alphabetize their last
names, and let the person closest to A
go first.”
“Putting theory into practice is hard
for them,” writes Gallagher, “because
their sensitive natures and elaborate
schemes are unsuited to the heterogeneous
rigors of the schoolyard.” Yet as
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