What parents tolerate in moderation, children will likely endorse in excess.

I lost my temper with you again. "I'm sorry" just doesn't seem to cut it.

I don't know if this really deserves its own category or not, but I wanted to write about a few of the things I've learned from my dad (and mom too). First up...

The Spoon
I taught myself that little boys need to be spanked. We need our wills broken. We need strong authority to set us straight. We need consequences. But we do not need abuse. And there is a super-fine line between the two. I think modern society has swung the pendulum way too far the other direction, but it is easy to "hit" our children instead of disciplining them.