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  • Make Parenting Adjustments (7-14-2011)

     

    PODCAST SCRIPT:

    Parents would be wise to adjust their rules, just like they adjust their clocks twice a year.

    I’m a real believer in having firm rules and boundaries.  They’re vital.  But it’s also important for parents to purposely change those rules over time, giving the teen more freedoms as they mature. Sometimes rules need to be set forward, and sometimes back, depending on how the teenager has been handling the freedoms you’ve given them.

    The goal for parents is to teach teens to learn how to live on their own. They won’t if they aren’t allowed to some freedoms before they leave home.  We don’t want them to grow up too fast, but we do want them to grow up.


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