“Kids are like that. Weren’t we also troublemakers when we were young? That’s the nature of children. It’s fine as long as they don’t cause a big accident. Minor destruction at home is still acceptable.”

Zachary would not restrain his kids. He would allow them to explore freely and unleash their nature as children.

“My parents are spoiling Xavier, too. You don’t understand how scary the bond between a grandchild and grandparents can be, Zachary. My parents used to take turns to beat me up before punishing me together whenever I got into trouble.

“I grew up with physical punishments from my parents. They only stopped and started talking sense into me when I was a teen.”

In public, Mr. and Mrs. Bucham were elegant and well-mannered. Who would have thought that they used to resort to physical punishment to educate their son?

Zachary smiled. “I recall your worst punishment was on a New Year’s Day. You snuck into your parents’ room with small fireworks when they were sleeping.

“You li