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I’m visiting a high-quality nursery on an observational visit. Today the weather is mild, and a group of three-year-olds have been taken outside to play. I notice that one girl is not playing with the others. She is hanging onto the gate into the yard, pulling at it in a listless repetitive action. I check my watch, and keep watching for about 20 minutes, and in that time she never stops the tugging action, rocking her body, gazing about as she does so. The young male carer is busy with other children, and seems oblivious to her. But now something happens: a boy, also a bit of a loner, is making his way along the fence line banging a stick on the railings. He stops when he reaches her – an obstacle in his path. They look at each other; I am too far away to tell if they speak. I’d like to report a human moment, a bit of contact, but sadly it’s not to be. He solves the problem by making her not matter, he trails his stick across her middle, and continues on his way. She goes on pulling absently at the gate. The message of her body language seems so plain – ‘Let me out of here.’