My 4-Year-Old Pleaded With Me Not To Visit Grandma—Until One Day, I Finally Discovered Why

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I stood slowly, Monica still clinging to me.

“Episodes?” I repeated.

“Yes,” she said dismissively. “She cries every morning. It’s exhausting. Someone has to teach her to be stronger.”

I stared at her.

“She’s four.”

“And that’s exactly why she needs discipline,” she replied.

For a moment, I didn’t trust myself to speak.

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