I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness I guess in the way I raise my kids.

The divine right of husbands like the divine right of kings may it is hoped in this enlightened age be contested without danger.

Even from a very early age I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.