Today we went to Anja's house to play. Friendship between toddlers is a curious thing. They don't act like friends, more like work colleagues who dislike each other but whose managers have told them they need to keep things civil.
"Hi Anja. How was the commute?"
"Fine, Lyla. How was yours?"
"Fine."
Like actual managers, Anja's mom and I sat around while the girls did all the work. Overall, they conducted themselves with professionalism.
A couple times we did have to intervene to give job performance feedback, usually on the topic of sharing materials. I personally felt Anja was the superior sharer, perhaps because all of the materials actually belonged to her. "Hey Lyla, what's happening? Yeah, so I'm going to need you to let Anja play with her own shopping cart for a little bit, mmkay?"
Two hours later, the girls had interacted minimally but had coexisted nicely. We went out to lunch, where they continued to, for the most part, peacefully ignore each other.
But when toddlers are together, if you're lucky you'll eventually witness a flash of their true feelings for each other.
And of course once we left, Lyla talked about Anja for the rest of the day.
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