Letter #1: I'm literally speechless. Todd is so astonishingly cruel. I can't imagine that Todd's nastiness is limited to throwing away Zephyr's toys when he talks back, either. I hope LW#1 gets the hell out of there and takes Zephyr with her. Poor Zephyr needs a supportive parent and a good therapist.
I know this is on my mind because I recently finished reading Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America (this podcast ep interview with the author is a good summary if you don't have the stomach to read the whole book; it's pretty bleak) and a lot of it is about authoritarian parenting and demanding "compliance" from children, rather than encouraging kindness and thoughtfulness.
I'm literally sick thinking about it. I can't get over how mean it is.
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I know this is on my mind because I recently finished reading Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America (this podcast ep interview with the author is a good summary if you don't have the stomach to read the whole book; it's pretty bleak) and a lot of it is about authoritarian parenting and demanding "compliance" from children, rather than encouraging kindness and thoughtfulness.
I'm literally sick thinking about it. I can't get over how mean it is.