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Why children prefer presence over presents in play

I keep buying my kid expensive toys thinking it will make up for working late every night but he just plays with the cardboard boxes and asks when I will build a fort with him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent mistakes material provision for emotional availability and wonders why connection remains elusive.

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