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My 12-year-old son carried his wheelchair-bound friend on his back during a camping trip so he wouldn’t feel excluded—then the next day, the principal called me and said, “You need to come to school right away.”

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“No. You did more than that. He told Sally that when your legs were shaking and you could barely stand, he begged you to leave him and get help. But you refused.”

I looked down at Leo.

He didn’t deny it.

“I wasn’t going to do that,” he said quietly.

“I know,” Sally replied.

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