A loving father never wants to see his child in pain. When a child hurts, a good father hurts along with him or her. Nevertheless, sometimes a father permits his child’s momentary discomfort to achieve a greater purpose. Good discipline may mean that a child experiences some hurt in the short term, but that brief distress yields a far more significant reward over the long haul.
Our home has a standard “one, two, three strikes” system of disciplining our children. The first two strikes act as “…
