We had just finished a great morning of tailgating and made our way into the stadium at Notre Dame for the big game. That's when my son decided to throw temper tantrum after temper tantrum, refusing to obey my wife and me, mocking our rules, and disregarding years of established acceptable behavior in our family. Instead of listening and behaving, my son would give us the "evil eye" and laugh when we attempted to reprimand him. Not only that, but he would also mimic everything we'd say to him. "Michael, sit down and stop throwing your popcorn," I said. He had been throwing popcorn and yelling "hello" at the other fans seated near us. "Michael, stop throwing popcorn, blah, blah, blah," my son replied in his 8-year-old mocking tone. I felt like a parental failure and, in my mind, was revisiting everything I thought I knew about raising kids who listen. <...