Tables are made to make sure we don’t eat on the floor. Tablecloths were made so we don’t eat off of the table. Place mats were made to make sure we don’t eat off of the tablecloth. And plates were made so we don’t eat off of the place mats
destroy the idea that parents (especially fathers) are entitled to complete respect and obedience from their children and can never do any wrong. destroy totalitarian parenting at all costs.