One afternoon her teacher, Ms.

Bennett, called.

Chloe had told another child she might have to change families because her grandmother said she wasn’t real.

The other child hadn’t known what to say, and Chloe had spent recess by herself.

I thanked Ms.

Bennett for telling me and asked for a meeting with the school counselor.

I was ashamed that our family’s cruelty had followed her into the classroom.

That evening I asked Chloe whether she wanted to talk about school.