Tailgate

The tailgate is the back of the wagon that opens and closes. In the framework it is the child's access to their past, and the access is theirs to grant. Pieces in this part cover disclosure, memory, the practice of letting a child speak when they are ready and not before, the difference between a child sharing a story and an adult pulling one out, and the work of holding what a child says without flinching. They include the slow work of the child writing their own history in their own words, the question of what to do with a story an adult is not equipped to hold, and the long arc of integration. Forms that fit this part include `LENS`, `STAGE_GUIDE`, `HELP_TONIGHT` for the moment a child first speaks, and `STRATEGY_PRACTICE` on listening. The journey vocabulary includes: at the child's pace, the door the child opens, the story the child writes.