little package behind on the table.
Once the door closed, the tension finally lifted.
The children returned to their games, the adults resumed their conversations, and Leo happily joined his cousins near the cake.
For everyone else, the incident became an unforgettable story. For me, it also raised an important question about the way adults sometimes treat children when they believe their own authority should never be challenged.
I didn’t want Leo to grow up believing that he had to accept humiliation simply because it came from an older relative.
