Topics: Parenting, Discipline, Family Conflict, Control. Characters: 1 Female, 1 Male, 3 Children. This new year, according to the parents, things are going to change and they will be the ones in charge. However, after a week of following their "take back control" rules, they realize that their new rules backfired, the kids are becoming more difficult to deal with and they find themselves in a worse place than before. They end up giving in to their children.