LIFE LESSONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

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One Great Leader and a Royal Pain

All happy families express love similarly, and all dysfunctional homes incorporate discipline in their own way.

Parenting styles also pertain to ruling over other bodies — including managing a classroom, working with others, or practicing self-discipline when home alone.

What applies to a commoner also applies to a royal family.

Beaten severely as a teen, Frederick the Great commented later in life that his father had made an outstanding leader, but a poor parent — a sentiment perhaps shared by many children throughout history.

At dinner one evening, I saw firsthand how an elderly lady still exerted powerful control over one of her adult children at the table.…