I am reminded of the quote &quot;Know thyself&quot;.  How do we know ourselves, most of us will not admit that there are days that their kids are little savages, days when we can not cope.  I know there was the day my daughter was sent to the bathroom with instructions to lock herself in, that was a bad day.  When I calmed down, we both apologized.  Her for not listening and me for not handling it calmly.  We survived.