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Proximity Isn't Connection

When physical nearness disappears, you'll discover whether you built real trust or just convinced yourself that being there was enough

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Scott D. Clary
Dec 10, 2025
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You know your teenager is home. You can hear them upstairs. You’ve been in the same house all evening. You even had dinner together. But you don’t know what’s going on in their life. You don’t know what they’re worried about or what they’re thinking about.

But you were in proximity. So you tell yourself you’re connected.

You’re not. And when proximity disappears—when they leave for college—you’ll discover you never built the connection. You just shared space.

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