I think that our parenting style has created a very independent child. He never had to worry or fear separation and so he doesn’t. He just … does his own things. He isn’t quite big enough for playgrounds yet but he loves them. On this particular day, he was ready to go down all the slides by himself. He wouldn’t even accept my help climbing off of them. When he really got stuck he would calmly call out to me, holding out his hand and then signing for me to help, but otherwise he only looked for me to make sure I saw him do something exciting. It was really cute but really … grown up. Bittersweet.