Oh, no, I thought, Will I allow Goldie to use the silent treatment as a weapon?

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ears ago, my preteen daughter, Goldie, asked me if she could sleep at her friend’s house. When I answered, “No, it’s a school night,” she got so mad that she stalked out of the room.

I could tell by her stalk that she was planning to stonewall me. To test it out, I went into her room ten minutes later and asked her something. She avoided looking at me and barely responded. Oh, no, I thought, Will I allow Goldie to use the silent treatment as a weapon?