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  • Failed Consequences (5-25-2010)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    I am often asked what a parent should do if the consequences fail to correct their unusually stubborn teenager’s behavior.

    Reasonable consequences, like the loss of certain freedoms, are designed to make it uncomfortable for a teen to continue making poor decisions. But sometimes the teen will hold out longer than the parents expect.

    My advice to them is to hang in there, even if there seems to be no positive effect. Eventually it will take hold. And if you stop or lessen the consequences, you’ll be giving your teenager exactly what he was holding out for, and you’ll lose your ability to correct them in the future.

    So hang in there!



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