My 5-Year-Old Niece Whispered, “The Chair Hurts Me”—Then She Showed Me What She Had Hidden Underneath

She chose purple.

For the first month, it stayed on until morning.

PART 4 — BEING THE SAFE UNCLE WAS HARDER THAN REPORTING THE DANGER

The first week Chloe lived with me, I made every mistake available to a well-meaning adult.

I asked too many times:

“Are you okay?”

She began saying:

“Yes”

before I finished the question.

I tried buying toys.