The Ruler From 1990: How My Tough Love Drowned My Son

grief.

People accusing me of trying to start a culture war.

And maybe they weren’t wrong about one thing:

It did start a war.

But not the kind they thought.

Because underneath the arguing, I saw what was really happening.

Fathers were reading their own sons’ exhaustion on a stranger’s screen.

Mothers were realizing their “tough love” might be slow poison.continue reading …