Want good, strong kids? Show them what self-respect looks like.
By all accounts, the parents of the man who allegedly murdered Charlie Kirk are good people, decent enough that the suspect’s father reportedly helped turn in his own son to the authorities. The father’s act was righteous and, very likely, excruciating.
Reading the coverage, I was reminded of a dinner I attended a few years ago, hosted by a conservative group that had invited me to speak on a university campus. I sat next to their primary donor, a lovely man, and asked about his kids. What were they studying? Were they dating? How were they doing?
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Abigail Shrier is the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up.
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