CHAPTER 25
The Myth of Authenticity
They’re not going to be listening to what you say. They’re going to be listening to hear if you’re an honest person.
—PHILLIP JOHNSON, quoted by Kurt Vonnegut
Hide and seek. It’s a game played by kids in every culture around the world. It was one of my favorite games to play with my four children. Even now, I get a little stab of heartache when I remember the little giggles and squeals that would drift out of the dark corners of our house as I would seek for them. Like all kids, they could play for hours without tiring of it.
It’s no different than peek-a-boo, in that it’s part of how kids create and test the boundaries of attachment with their parents and each other. It may be a silly game, but it fulfills ...
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