Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • Teen Rope Burn (5-21-2009)

     

    SCRIPT: Keeping a teen on a tightrope can sometimes result in rope burn.

    Failure to give your child enough of the right kind of freedom often backfires, and if you see your teen resorting to sneakiness, lying, or even rebellion, it may be because they asked you to give them more freedom, and you responded with more controls.

    Teens develop by doing, seeing, and experiencing more, and parents often make the mistake of putting too many limits or just saying “No” when they should be working to balance freedom with appropriate limits.

    The fight you are experiencing in their behavior may just be their way of demanding you help them find ways to experience more freedom while making right choices.

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