My Own Mother Testified Against Me—Until the Court Revealed Where I’d Been Working

of an eight-year-old processing new information. “I think it’s really cool,” he said. Then, with the irrepressible curiosity of his age: “Does this mean you can send people to jail?”

“Sometimes,” I said. “But mostly I help families figure out how to take care of each other.”

He nodded, satisfied with this answer, and slipped his hand into mine.

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