I definitely was. It made me a much better behaved little boy.

I spent a lot of time building trust and love with Charlie, and so he didn't fear me at all. We've introduced behavior/rewards charts (we'll blog about this soon!), and now he's afraid that I'll take away some of the coins that we use to keep score. So he's waaay better behaved! It's crazy.

I guess a little fear can go a long way. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Were you scared of your parents? How do you feel about the use of fear in the parenting process?