re: #122 b_sharp
Yes it is. It also helps if you’re not small and in Hapkido.
He was a 6’ 2”, 200 lb. ex Marine who’d survived combat in WWII, 8 children, and 3 marriages. There wasn’t much that scared him. But in a couple of extreme cases we kids were able to worry & disappoint him to the point of tears—that was the most God-awful feeling ever, to see him cry. :-(