Coco has always dreamed of being prom queen, but as her teacher, I can’t let her claim the crown without addressing her behavior. She’s been bullying and shaming her classmates, and that calls for a lesson, not a reward. I enlisted her stepdad, who shares my view, to help set her straight. To stop her from labeling others so harshly, we’ll show her what it really means. Once she experiences the intensity of both of us, she won’t be so quick to judge. It won’t be simple—she might crave more after the first taste, losing focus on the lesson. But we’ll persist, pushing her limits as long as it takes for her to learn. No attitude can withstand the right kind of discipline.
