This story—the tire incident—became the foundational myth of their adolescence. In of this series, we'll explore how that lesson manifested years later: Jeff getting lost on a school hiking trip and refusing to panic, and Mack talking his way out of a carjacking by simply refusing to be a victim.
Crack. The nut broke free.
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Psychologists often distinguish between "tough love" that is strict yet loving (authoritative) and discipline that is merely punitive (authoritarian). The former is linked to better academic performance and character development. mack and jeff dad---------s tough love 1