Everyone assumed that being born into such a family meant happiness.
In fact, it was quite the opposite.
From the age of three, Ellery Langdon was comprehensively and relentlessly "protected."
He couldn't play any dangerous games for fear of hurting himself.
He couldn't play with other children for fear he might be negatively influenced by them.
He couldn't eat any common snacks because they were considered unnutritious and potentially unsafe.
At the same time, he had to receive education in all aspects: moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education.
Others would go on holiday to sunbathe in parks.
He would sit at his desk doing workbook exercises.
Others would run and jump freely in physical education class.
He was confined to the classroom doing workbook exercises.
When others gathered for family celebrations, setting off fireworks and collecting sweets during the New Year, he was still doing workbook exercises.
If he could go back to his childhood.
