• Parents sometimes say Johnny needs that one special friend. We say he doesn’t need a best friend.
• School counselor Christine Laycob • On fighting the tide of human nature, which emphasizes that Tango needs his very own Cash. Instead, Laycob says that it’s better that kids have groups of friends who meet at specified times for playdates. Dear Ms. Laycob: Let kids be kids! Don’t force modest, superficial relationships on people over real ones with real emotions! Can’t you just sit in an office all day and be useless like most school counselors? You make it seem like close relationships are awful ideas. source

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