6Chapter 3: The Loneliness of Being Manageable
21Chapter 15: The Person Beside You
7Chapter 4: Too Much, Too Soon, Too Late
22Chapter 16: Friendship Without Interruption
8Part II: Something That Always Has Time
23Chapter 17: Families That Outsource the Hard Part
9Chapter 5: The First Layer of Comfort
24Chapter 18: The Shame of Wanting an Easier Person
10Chapter 6: The No-Burden Fantasy
25Part V: Children of the Always-Answering World
11Chapter 7: The Perfect Listener Problem
26Chapter 19: When Comfort Becomes Instant
12Chapter 8: Synthetic Witness
27Chapter 20: Growing Up Without Awkwardness
13Chapter 9: Validation Without Relationship
28Chapter 21: The New Emotional Default
14Part III: The Skills We Stop Practicing
29Chapter 22: What We Still Have to Teach
15Chapter 10: Waiting for Each Other
30Closing Movement: Someone Has to Answer
