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separate occasions. Each time, the parents
voiced the same fears that
something was wrong with their child.
Each time, Dr. Miller assured them that
Ethan was perfectly fine.
The reason for their initial concern
was simple enough. Ethan was seven,
and his four-year-old brother had
beaten him up several times. Ethan
didn’t fight back. His parents—both of
them outgoing, take-charge types with
high-powered corporate jobs and a passion
for competitive golf and tennis—were
OK with their younger son’s
aggression, but worried that Ethan’s
passivity was “going to be the story of
his life.”
As Ethan grew older, his parents tried
in vain to instill “fighting spirit” in him.
They sent him onto the baseball diamond
and the soccer field, but Ethan
just wanted to go home and read. He
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