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We as people find ourselves in the biggest failure-based criteria program every day. This program is as rewarding in its inception as it is debilitating in its biggest failures. Yes, of course, I am talking about parenting. We all have our own take on how we should raise our kids and even at times may make ad hominin attacks towards people we feel are completely failing at their thankless job.

More importantly, we ask ourselves the question, are parents who post their inventive approaches to punishment on social media wrong? Is the more salient lesson on parenting giving our kids purpose and direction, while holding them accountable for their actions? In addition, the world is changing faster than ever before and the old traditional ways of parenting are being challenged. We fundamentally have to understand who we are as a people and society in order to shape our small humans and prepare them for this rapidly changing society.

I would love to see someone prove that telling a child in a full-blown tantrum to use his words works better than traditional discipline. Or prove more transcendental ideas like meditation or yoga are more effective than a timeout or a good old-fashioned spanking. Seriously, who wouldn’t love for their kid to sit still long enough to meditate on the evil deeds they have inflicted on one of their siblings or the embarrassment they caused their parents.

Is there an absolute right or wrong way to raise a kid? I tend to raise my kids much like I led soldiers in the Army. I watch them carefully and by the art of trial and error on what they respond to as individuals. To complicate things further, my kids all have different personalities and each has their own way of coping with their punishments. However, I am always in danger of being accused of favoritism. In all reality, they are all my favorites and my favorite part of life. As varying as their personalities, so is my love for them. I love each of them individually for their own quirks and sometimes zany behavior.

Every once in a while, I am rewarded with a statement or action that gives me the quiet confidence to know I am on the right track. Just like Jay’s son told him “If you didn’t have sad days how would you know you were happy? We all feel the impending trepidation of the parent trap.

We get it! The everyday toil of parenthood is thankless and you are constantly under societal scrutiny. You may never feel like you are winning and are always climbing an uphill battle. But remember one thing, us Green Berets cherish most, never give up, nothing worthwhile has ever come easy. With all that said, we think we have the answers that everyone needs to know

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