My Niece Grabbed My Daughter’s New Tablet and Said, “Auntie Says I Can Have Whatever I Want” — I Didn’t Raise My Voice

was it. That was the whole point — not the lake house, not the legal proceedings, not winning any particular argument. It was this. My daughter learning, at eight years old, that her comfort mattered. That her belongings mattered. That saying no to someone who was taking from her didn’t make her unkind. That the word no, spoken calmly and without apology,continue reading …