Kitchen Sink Drama: Manning Up

After seeing Jonah cower from his bigger opponent in an under-8s rugby game, Simon took his son home to teach him a lesson.

For hours, until the weak winter sunlight gave way to darkness, Simon had an exhausted, tearful Jonah repeatedly run at him with a football. Each time, Simon would pummel him to the long damp grass that he'd been meaning to cut for months.

Watching from the kitchen window, Teri's heart ached for her son. But he was an overly sensitive kid and long overdue a lesson on how to be a man.