An expert level conflict resolution story from the So Marcus (age 7) and his bff Lucas (also 7) were playing with Marcus’ newly hatched hatchimals. They had set up a seriously cute wedding between them and another doll was the flower girl. The conflict starts. “I want to be the man!” “No, I want to be the man!” This went back and forth a few times before Marcus pipes up “Hey wait, we can both be men. Men can marry each other you know” Lucas looks at him skeptically and sees that Marcus is being completely serious. He hesitates and then says “Ok” And they continue on in their game of pretend. I walked into the kitchen and totally did a happy dance, cause that is what it looks like to be an ally in action!