Speaking Truth, Facing Family Backlash

I told my sister she's ruining her kids and now the entire family won't speak to me.

At our family dinner last week, I watched her let her seven year old throw food while

she scrolled on her phone. When he hit his younger brother, she just said boys

will be boys. I finally snapped and said her permissive parenting was creating entitled brats who'd

struggle in the real world. She burst into tears. My mom called me cruel.

My dad said I crossed a line. But here's the thing. Her oldest already got expelled from

preschool for biting. The younger one has zero boundaries. I love those kids and I'm watching

them suffer because nobody has the guts to tell her the truth. She asked what I