It is hard for us when someone comes up and says something our kid did was wrong, sinful, or shameful. Of course, there are times when parents should stand up for their child, but your operating assumption should not be to side with your child against anybody else automatically. If parents automatically side with their own children, they are going to be wrong more often than they are going to be right. We are not born with eyes in the back of our heads. At the same time, the neighbors do not have most of the backstory to your kids and they do not know all the challenges. So when we offer
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