The Hand Licking Incident
Eh, this article was a bit "Reader's Digest".  Parent tries to solve problem, gives up and lets fate have its way, problem goes away when parent wasn't looking, parent-child have a moment of trust which reveals that the problem was something simple all along.  Life lesson learned.<p>How about when it's not a simple underlying problem ("hands get dry in cold climate")?  A speech impediment which is cute in a small kid but weird in middle school and socially+career-limiting in an adult.  Or an aggression issue.  Or one of the many spectrum issues, which won't go away by moving to a warmer climate.<p>I agree with the article on not getting angry, but I'm not going to get a new life lesson from "if your kid trusts you they will open up."