“Most bad behaviour comes from insecurity.”

– Debra Winger, American actress and producer

“That should do it,” I said.

“Plenty of room to park now,” replied my son, leaning on the snow shovel.

We had just spent two hours hacking, shovelling and cursing our way through a four-foot bank the snowplow had unceremoniously deposited against our side of the street. As both my wife and I parked our vehicles in the driveway, our son was left to park his car down the street, where he was unable to plug in on cold, sub-zero nights.

We went in the house, warmed up, and when we headed back outside, we discovered a jacked-up, full-sized pickup truck parked firmly in our freshly cleared spot. Frustrated, my son knocked on a few d...

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