Do you know what it was that surprised me that Fathers do that is very important in a child’s psychological development?

It’s the game, which has a thousand names, in which Dad is the monster in the middle of the room who is going to get you, and when he does he tickles you and lets you go, and you run around giggling and seeing how close you can get before he snags you again. Or something like that. It’s actually quite important in developing confidence and a sense of borders and so on.

My father, I can say with confidence, was ticklish only on the bottom of his feet.