I'm slowly starting to notice myself taking on the disciplinary role at our troop meetings, but it still feels awkward. I wonder if parenting feels like this, or if you learn it so gradually that you don't even notice you've acquired a new set of skills. I just know that I can see definite gaps in my ability to extract information out of an eleven year old boy, but at the same time, I can see that I have the ability to make my point rationally and calmly to teenagers who might not see the error in their ways.

Ugh, I wish I could download advanced crisis intervention directly onto my brain, matrix style...