Nothing pisses your kids off more than "getting it". You need to be able to shoulder a massive amount of indignity, self-irony, self mocking and deprecation. I

Nothing pisses your kids off more than "getting it". You need to be able to shoulder a massive amount of indignity, self-irony, self mocking and deprecation. I threaten to dad-dance at the school disco. Work hard enough at it and one day you may hear the greatest compliment when they're talking to friends ... "you know I think my parents may actually have been cool once".