Nobody Wins in a War of Attrition
Because you\u2019re in charge, because you\u2019re so much bigger and stronger and smarter, it\u2019s easy to get trapped into a battle of wills with your kids. Don\u2019t do that or else! Because I said so. Oh, you think it\u2019s like that, do you? We put our foot down. We tell them how it\u2019s going to be. We argue. Sometimes, at the very, very end of our rope, we lock them in their room. Maybe we think this is what authority is, that it\u2019s about force. That it\u2019s about asserting dominance or control. Of c...