"I kept getting in trouble at school, and my dad told me he was...

"I kept getting in trouble at school, and my dad told me he was going to give up on me. But then he changed his mind and said that he was never going to give up on me."
"What made him change his mind?"
"I don’t know. He just said it, went in his room, closed the door, then came out two minutes later and took it back."