Childhood Friends, Not Moms, Shape Attachment Styles Most

I've observed children who have had tremendous close friends in childhood but were unable to recreate that in adulthood. Sometimes it's easier to make friends when you're 5.

I'd still rather be friends with a bunch of 5 year olds. (Unfortunately everyone would probably think that's super creepy.)

It’s really sad that that’s considered creepy.

I got a lot of flak for going to a high school play in my late twenties. I had played D&D with the kid and his mom every week for years. He was great to hang out with when he was 14.

The whole country is engrossed in a decade+ long "pedo panic" to the point where you can't support a friend's kid by attending a school play, take them for ice cream, or (sometimes) even take your own child to the park without getting the side-eye from nosey nobodies.

Kids in that age range are uncomplicated. The only thing they really desire is that you play with them. They just don’t consider anything beyond that.

But it seems hard for many adults to play with children, so it becomes this anomalous thing, even though I’m fairly certain it’s just something we’ve convinced ourselves adults “don’t do”.

Tag is still fun, whether you are 7 or 37.