Article continues below advertisementSerena Williams ignited a heated debate online after sharing a controversial parenting confession about punishing her young children. "I told my daughter to go to bed. She did not therefore, she missed out on her sleepover," Williams, 44, vented via X on Saturday, April 26. "She cried. But what she did not know is I cried harder. I hate when she cries. 💔 Discipline sucks. But sometimes it's important.