If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith that they can actually do it.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If we're sitting at dinner and there's no conversation going on because everybody's got their head someplace else in their iPhone, that's a family problem that needs to be solved.

Most parents are accustomed to dealing with problems in the heat of the moment.