: About Me

The most important offensive stance a parent can assume is "the set of the jaw." It's a way of holding your head, focusing your eyes, and stiffening your chin line so that your children recognize, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they are dealing with someone who knows exactly what they want and has already decided how they are going to get it accomplished. It's the stance that says to the child, "I will not take no for an answer and any further rebellion on your part is not going to be good for you." If you don't know how to produce that look at a moment's notice, you need to learn. If wi...