Lol. I find those lines super funny as a Dad and also applaud the fact he was able to parent in a way that left the impression it was a democracy for the first

Lol. I find those lines super funny as a Dad and also applaud the fact he was able to parent in a way that left the impression it was a democracy for the first 10 years :) A lot of these parenting tricks/tips, even when they work, are not silver bullets but instead all have an expiration and you have to pivot to something else hoping you built a solid foundation for whatever is next. They work until they don't kind of thing. In that moment, I imagine your Dad was leveling up to face whatever brand of pre-teen/teen rebellion type stuff that was laying ahead