My daughter, who is now grown, told me that when she was young she used to get so mad at me when she fell and cried. I would go up to her, stand her back up, brush the dust off and gently swat her on the rear saying "no blood, keep going." (At night she would always cuddle in my lap and I would read to her, until she learned to read then she would read to me) She said that now she is grateful. That attitude I instilled in her helped her finish her first marathon and taught her to pick herself up in all that she does and falls short. She said she always hears me say "keep going."
Today you’d be arrested for child endangerment. I rail on snowflakes but I feel bad for them in the sense that they never knew anything but the idiocy their parents and schools shoved on them in a bubblewrapped package.
Once they hit adulthood though, no mercy. We all have choices and the freedom to make’em..
What a great dad! Doing things that only dad’s understand! My wife and I get into arguments at times about how “mean” I can be to the kids.
The world is tough, and it’s Dad’s job to toughen kids up!