I realize in this late age that I have done a disservice to my children raising them with the adage, “In all things, be kind.”

I now tell them they should never have to discard their boundaries or sacrifice their inner peace for the (dis)comfort of another.

Call a bitch a bitch. Recognize a rat bastard as such.

They should never have the burden of carrying pain and trauma for the sake of others who had no regret or shame of causing the harm.