“So, how was it?” a friend of mine asked her daughter, as the girl got in the car after the first day at her new school. Knowing that such moments of adolescent transition can be tricky, the woman kept her tone light and her expectations low.

“Very different,” the girl said shortly. Then she smiled. “In a good way.”

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