I’ve Taught My Kids an Important Lesson About the Way We Treat Others. One Teacher Is Threatening to Undo It.

Care and Feeding July 19, 20268:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by natatravel/Getty Images Plus and Fajrul Islam/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, Here’s a low-stakes (but perhaps existential?) question that has caused me to fret more than it probably should have. I could use a fresh perspective. I’m a “sensitive” person. This is a label I’ve come to embrace, though I try to be careful not to impose my disposition or feelings on others. That said, I have two kids—”Sarah,” age 5, and “Isaac,” age 2.5—whom I have tried to raise to be unafraid of