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WHAT underlies the increased ability of children, at about age four, to behave safely and independently? Part of the answer, of course, has simply to do with increased knowledge. If caregivers have done their job properly and allowed children to explore and behave in moderately risky ways in the caregivers’ presence during earlier years, then, by about age four, children have learned a lot about what is safe and what isn’t. But something less gradual also occurs just before or around age four. Children develop the capacity to .... CLICK HERE petergray.substack.com/…