[quote=@Memory] Is it really that much better to hurt her in the long run? Or let her hurt herself in the short term? [/quote] That's why it's worth asking, but deciding that I know better than she does for how she should live is harmful regardless of the outcome. *Turns my attention to the bit in my gloved hand, which is now the length of an earthworm. It shudders a little before I look back to Stella* Parenting is a catch twenty two, unfortunately.