A retired soldier once stormed into my office, demanding that we kill his son, a university student arrested for cultism. His rage was volcanic. But the next day, he returned with food, asking after his son. When I joked, “So you don’t want us to kill him again?” his eyes revealed the truth: anger is often the flipside of helpless love. Years later, I met his son again—now educated, married, and changed. Not because he was jailed, but because his father eventually chose support over abandonment. Many parents bring their…
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