A few weeks into pre-k, Claire began to tell me about a new friend. "Umma, JJ and I played hide-and-go-seek today!" "Umma, JJ is so silly and funny." "Look, umma! JJ made me this drawing!" I soon discovered that JJ was a kindergartener (so about a year older than Claire) whose Korean name initials are JJ. Whenever I arrived early for pickup to see Claire's class returning from their afternoon walk, I'd see Claire and JJ walking together, often holding the same ring on the walking rope while giggling and chatting with each other. I was glad to see that Claire had made a close friend. I knew she was friendly with the kids in her class, but this was the first time that she would voluntarily talk...