When I came home from a trip, I discovered my three-year-old daughter trembling with her hair completely shaved off. My mother-in-law looked at her coldly and said, “That’s how children learn not to take what isn’t theirs.” – Welcome

in eight years, I believed him.

Later, in the quiet car, he reached for my hand again, and I understood that tomorrow would look nothing like yesterday.

So here is the real question: If someone repeatedly ignored your boundaries for years, would you keep trying to keep the peace, or would you finally let them face the consequences of their own choices?continue reading …