My 5-Year-Old Niece Whispered, “The Chair Hurts”—Then a Doctor Found the Truth Her Parents Had Been Hiding
“No.”
“Mommy says you can love someone and be mad.”
“That’s true.”
“Can I love Daddy if he did bad things?”
“Yes.”
She looked relieved.
Children do not need adults policing their grief into morally convenient shapes.
Love can survive terrible knowledge.
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