First things first...

"Question: What is the first rule for teaching a parakeet how to talk?
Answer: You must have a larger vocabulary than the parakeet
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Question: What is the first rule for disciplining children?
Answer: You must have more discipline than the child.

... Consider the degree to which you are self-disciplined; it is only to that degree that you can expect to succeed in disciplining you child to correct his anger problem."

ouch.

(from The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo)

(art credit: Plaid Bird Print, from Moontree Letterpress)