In football, there are penalties for “unnecessary roughness.” Life is a much different animal. Sometimes it is necessary to be rough.Take parenting for instance. I grew up in a family of 11 children. Unbelievably, we are all still alive and kicking. When my wife and I had children of our own, they did not come with an owner’s manual.We had twin sons right off the bat, making our situation even more complicated. Since we knew nothing about how to raise one (let alone two), we did a lot of guessing and speculating.Christine is a Registered Nurse. We made a conscious ...