Doesn’t do much for a strong-willed child. Me? All you had to do was look at me mean.
Dodson’s book on parenting the strong willed child.
Me too. I was scared of my dad. You didn’t want to anger him. Out comes the belt. Even though all he did was to line us up oldest to youngest and then walk up and down the line snapping his belt for audio effect and chewing you out, you were ready to obey long before the belt lashed out at you. One time it hit the bottom of my nightgown and I ran upstairs screaming like he had beaten me black and blue. I never thought to cross him or sass him.