Putting your foot down?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>:</p><p><span word="Without">Without</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="help">help</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="Sure">Sure</span>, <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="shorts">shorts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="but">but</span> 99 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="dresses">dresses</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="pleases">pleases</span>.</p><p><span word="What">What</span> <span word="does">does</span> “<span word="put">put</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="down">down</span>” <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="here">here</span>?</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="Sounds">Sounds</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tale">tale</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="code">code</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span>.</p><p><span word="Dress">Dress</span> <span word="code">code</span>?</p><p><span word="That">That</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="clothing">clothing</span>, <span word="i">i</span>.<span word="e">e</span>. <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dress">dress</span> <span word="yourself">yourself</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="occasions">occasions</span>.</p><p>“<span word="Put">Put</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="down">down</span>” <span word="means">means</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="strict">strict</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enforce">enforce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> – <span word="here">here</span> <span word="essentially">essentially</span> <span word="forbidding">forbidding</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="to">to</span> “<span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="shorts">shorts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="winter">winter</span>”.</p><p><span word="Apparently">Apparently</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stamp">stamp</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thumping">thumping</span> <span word="noise">noise</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="stern">stern</span> <span word="looking">looking</span>, <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="mad">mad</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="angry">angry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="unloving">unloving</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lecturing">lecturing</span>.</p><p><span word="Stamping">Stamping</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emphasizing">emphasizing</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="boss">boss</span> – <span word="or">or</span> <span word="mom">mom</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="shall">shall</span> <span word="say">say</span>.</p><p><span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="that">that</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="what">what</span> “<span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="down">down</span>” <span word="literally">literally</span> <span word="means">means</span>. <span word="Literally">Literally</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assert">assert</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="emphasize">emphasize</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="stamp">stamp</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floor">floor</span>, <span word="utilizing">utilizing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thumping">thumping</span> <span word="noise">noise</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="demonstrate">demonstrate</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="resolve">resolve</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="determination">determination</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="slam">slam</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="fist">fist</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="table">table</span>.</p>
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