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  Is that Grapes of Wrath? Edit: I should have read to the end :) I must give that another read.

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  I have one who’s difficult. She’s just turned 16. I’m a very chill parent but sometimes I have to be firm with her. I tell myself I’m trying to raise her to be kind which she struggles with sometimes as she’s very self focused but she’s getting there and I have high hopes she’ll turn out great. So I suppose the answer to your question from my perspective is just “keep on trucking with the goal in mind”.

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  I have a lot of kids. Here are my highlights…. I get told many times every day that I’m loved. I have a box on my bedside locker with all the tiny gifts I’ve been given over the years. It’s over half the surface area of the locker In it go small rocks, sticks, drawings, little notes, flowers (dried), whatever. Anything given unexpectedly and with love. I did put sweets in it for a while but that caused a mess. All the kids who still live at home are comfortable enough to snuggle in wit...

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  Rural Thailand. About an hour out of Chiang Mai. Bunch of the lads in the Muay Thai gym I trained out of were having fights at this event. Great experience. All going very smoothly and culturally very different (I'd say our small group were the only non-Thais there and we were with a bunch of Thais) which was great. Now the Thais are very fond of betting on these fights and sometimes the bets are big. Spices things up. Anyway later on in the evening one lad kicks another up and down the rin...

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  I have upvoted you many times for what it's worth.