My 7-Year-Old Came Back From Her Mom’s Place With Marks — The Stepdad Called It “Toughening”
The day I discovered the marks on my daughter’s back, a profound sense of disbelief washed over me, followed swiftly by an unmistakable surge of protective urgency. I am a police officer. I have witnessed the worst of humanity. Yet, nothing in my professional experience prepared me for the moment when the harsh realities of…