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with one trusted friend, is a manageable

first step, even if Ava protests at

first. She can, in other words, sense

when to push Ava, and how much.

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The psychologist Elaine Aron, whose

work on sensitivity I described in

chapter 6, offers insight into these

questions when she writes about Jim,

one of the best fathers she knows. Jim

is a carefree extrovert with two young

daughters. The first daughter, Betsy, is

just like him, but the second daughter,

Lily, is more sensitive—a keen but

anxious observer of her world. Jim is a

friend of Aron’s, so he knew all about

sensitivity and introversion. He embraced

Lily’s way of being, but at the

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