Can you imagine not hugging your kid?

[RandySF]

One of the most chilling accounts of Donald Trump came in the August, 2016 "Fresh Air" interview with Trump biographer Michael Kranish. In that hour, he revealed that Trump's father, Fred, never hugged his kids, never told them they loved them, only showed warmth when they achieved something and called his eldest son a "failure" when he chose not to participate in the family business. What's worse for all of us, Kranish said that Donald was "deeply scarred" when he was sent to military school. I know we all don't have great parents and many become wonderful adults despite that. But Trump isn't one of them and a wounded child is about to become the most powerful man in the world. And I fear he's going to pass on the abuse to the plurality of the country that didn't vote for him in November.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

1. Drop "Your father would be disappointed in you" in the middle of an interview

He'll nuke someone

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Keep in mind the era.

In the 1930s some child psychologist said that parents should never hug their children, and a lot of people in that era thought that was the way to raise kids. Don't hug them.

I agree that it's unconscionable not to be appropriately affectionate to your children, but I had my kids in a very different era.