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  • Giving Up to Gain (8-21-2009)

     

    TODAY’S SCRIPT:

    Parenting teens can be thought of in terms of giving something up in order to gain something better.

    I often tell parents , if you want your child to change, you have to let go of some things, and you have to be willing to change too.

    So let me ask you, what are you ready to give up in order for change to take place?  Are you willing to allow your teen to make decisions, and therefore make mistakes?  Will you establish consequences in advance, so emotions can be taken out of enforcing them?

    It’s hard to see a teen do something stupid, but stupidity’s cure isn’t more lecturing or anger from you, it’s living with the consequences.  So, line out your teen’s options, define the consequences, and then let them choose


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