Sometimes a little hurt/pain can mean saving someone from a lot of hurt/pain...

My father had a very interesting way to make me realize what was good for me and what was not, well in my case he probably had to do a lot for the latter as you'll see from a couple of examples that I would love to share.

1. Like every toddler, aping what the elders do is so cool. One my obsessions as a 4 year old was to want to eat green chillies with my meal just like my old man did. So every night at the dinner table I would grovel for some. So one day my father decided to put an end to my stupidity, and gave me one. Well that was the last time I wanted one for a good 15 years or maybe more.
2. As a toddler (yes again!) I had this unexplainable curiosity for electric sockets. At every chance I would be sticking my finger into them. So one day my father joined me in the game. He picked a low voltage socket and started to play with me, my game!! Can you believe my excitement I had just converted my old man to my side of the alley!! That's of course until he turned the switch on with my finger in it. Well that was the last time I went near an electrical socket for all toddler hood!
3. And of course like every kind there was that customary releasing of the cycle despite promising he wouldn't! Some bruised ankles, elbows and egos, but hey what I learnt how to ride a bike!!

Well for those I have shared and the ones I didn't share, my Dad got the dog house very often and I got to sleep with mommy :). Now who's the wise guy??!!!

But for all the times he spent in the dog house, it's only in hindsight I realized he made me a better man. He taught me always protecting a child from anything that could hurt him or her, would mean, the child may not value their parents cautions when it really mattered. Besides these incidents were always worth a laugh!!