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As soon as I stepped onto the subway, I saw him\u2014a young boy, perhaps seven or eight years old, sitting with his hands tightly folded in his lap. He appeared extremely exhausted, with his eyes averted and his headphones in, but he wasn\u2019t actually listening to anything. Despite being surrounded by adults, he somehow came across as the most mature of us all.<\/p>\n

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I initially assumed he was simply having a difficult morning. However, I became aware that he wasn\u2019t really a part of the typical rush as the train rumbled along\u2014no parent was close by, and nobody was fussing over him. He was alone, with a bundled-up toddler sleeping beneath a pink blanket beside him.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As soon as I stepped onto the subway, I saw him\u2014a young boy, perhaps seven or eight years old, sitting with his hands tightly folded in his lap. He appeared extremely exhausted, with his eyes averted and his headphones in, but he wasn\u2019t actually listening to anything. Despite being surrounded by adults, he somehow came…<\/p>\n

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