How to Be a Successful Contrarian

Contrarians are as American as the Fourth of July
How to Be a Successful Contrarian
Fei Meng
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Anyone who has spent much time with kids has likely met a contrary child, the strong-willed toddler who refuses to eat green vegetables, or the third grader who argues like a trial lawyer about everything from his bedtime to the clothes he’s supposed to wear to school.

For some sulky teenagers, contrary might as well be their middle name.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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