SINGAPORE – As a three-year-old, my son was a strong-willed toddler terror. He was a hitter, runner and screamer. And he excelled in comprehending parental instructions – and then doing exactly the opposite.
My wife and I love him to bits, but it was dazzlingly clear we could not love without meting out discipline.
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