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When anger says what forgiveness cannot undo

I told my teenage son he was lazy and worthless during a fight and now he won't speak to me and I can't take back those words

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Words spoken in rage can create wounds that persist long after the emotion that created them has passed.

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Worth thinking about

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