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5 days ago

Her dad couldn't come to the game for Father's Day then Bob appeared

A compassionate co-worker's simple act of attending a Father's Day softball game profoundly impacted a child whose father was unavailable due to illness, providing normalcy and belonging during a difficult time.
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4 months ago

With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis

In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands. In wartime Gaza, kids fly kites made from discarded parachutes. And in Ukraine, youngsters tussle in make-believe war, imitating soldiers as the real conflict rages on. These are some of the ways that children continue to create, imagine and seek joy even in the harshest circumstances. For them, play is not a simple pastime but a lifeline.
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