Dear D,

A friend recently told me about spanking their little girl, who is around your age. At one particular point in the story, I felt my throat constrict and I noticed a tingly feeling in the top of my head. Once alone, I played the scene over and over in my head.

“I asked her to pick up her clothes, and she said, ‘no,’” he recounted, “so I to...

Dear D, 

Last night when I came to your room for bedtime stories, I found you standing tall with your hand on your hip telling Papa that you WERE big enough for the hand-me-down clothes he had recently stowed in your closet. Listening to your conversation, seeing the focus and resolve in your eyes, I found my heart swelling with gratitude for your...