Being a parent is an extremely difficult job that can accelerate even the most patient amongst all of us right to the end. Before you know it, you’re yelling something your conscious mind knows is one of those pieces you should never tell your child.

The obstacle is that these cynical messages we blurt out in times of disappointment or violence can leave some severe psychological scars on our children down the road. We can’t educate kids to act more valid by making them feel poorer.