The Making of a Man Starts with a Samurai Sword

It was a stare down between me and my 13 year old son.  I was right and he knew it, but he wanted to be right so badly he was willing to stand eye to eye with me(because he is as tall as I am), giving me his “I think I am smarter than you” glare.  Have you been there? I am no stranger to this.  I have been there 3 times before with his older brothers. The early teen years for a boy can be brutal on parents and for the boy.  So much is going on in the …

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