My Eight Year Old Son Was Teased for His Duct Taped Sneakers Then the Principal Called Me One Morning

also helping him see that he did not have to go back into that room. I had even looked up whether there was a way to preserve the shoes, keep them somewhere safe, so he could still have them without having to wear them.

I had misunderstood my son.

He got up, got dressed, and sat down to put the shoes on. I crouched in front of him. I told him he did continue reading …