Great post Tom!
I'm with others on this it brings back memories. Larry, my Papa would yell "vamanos!" in that tone and I just knew what was coming next. No, I didn't want to go but I knew I had it coming. I'm with you on the never really understanding until the first time you have to punish your own child feeling.
My girls luckily didn't cause me to much trouble. If I had a son like myself growing up I might have been bald already.
Growing up was care free for me and I think my daughters had some of that same feeling growing up but we kept them grounded in their culture, knowing where they came from. I have hopes that my daughters will raise their children the same one day but with things changing so rapidily it's hard to tell what the future holds?