Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • Continued Love (2-10-2010)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    I haven’t met a teen yet who doesn’t want to know they will continue to be loved when they’ve made mistakes.

    When teenagers break the rules, the best way to demonstrate your continued love for them is to take care in the way you confront their misbehavior. That is, by avoiding anger and toxic words of shame and disappointment.

    Start your words of discipline with why you are confronting their misbehavior, which is because you love them and want to help them avoid bigger problems later in life. Then in a respectful and calm demeanor, hand out appropriate consequences, which will be what teach the lessons they need to learn. Focus on fixing the behavior, not the person, since behaviors can be changed, but people rarely do.


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