Parents Should Break Their Child’s Will, Borrowing the Method From Animal Training
The parental task is to break the child’s will, without breaking the child’s spirit.
In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 1 quote from 2008, from Blog & Mablog, cited to the source.
The parental task is to break the child’s will, without breaking the child’s spirit. The metaphor is taken—if you like—from the world of training animals.