parenting

So this year, we got our invitation to the awards night at the junior high and we went. It was a disaster. 14 got the one award that she found absolutely unimportant and trivial, almost a slap in the face. And then had to sit through an hour of people getting awards that she felt acutely pained about them getting, all the while clapping bravely for them, if not actually smiling and cheering. Her friends were there. I felt I couldn't let her just walk out.

And afterward, we spent a long ...