He was upset because the toys were not as he had left them. He had asked that they not be moved when he left the last time, but no promises and no explanations had been given him. This was purposely avoided because it seemed important for Dibs, as all children, to learn by experience that no part of his world is static and controllable. Now that he had encountered concrete evidence of his changing world it would be important to work with his reactions to it — not with reassurance, not with lengthy explanations or apologies, not with words, words, words, thrown at him as a substitute, but with
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