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Ten Mistakes Parents Make with Teenagers
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Mistake #1:
Failure to Be a Consistent Model
"Do as I say, not as I do."

Mistake #2:
Failure to Admit When You are Wrong
"I'm the adult. I'm right."

Mistake #3:
Failure to Give Honest Answers to Honest Questions
"Because I said so, that's why."

Mistake #4:
Failure to Let Your Teenager Develop a Personal Identity
"You want to be what?"

Mistake #5:
Failure to Major on the Majors and Minor on the Minors
"This room is a pig sty!"

Mistake #6:
Failure to Communicate Approval and Acceptance
"Can't you do anything right?"

Mistake #7:
Failure to Approve Your Teenager's Friends
"Where did you find him?"

Mistake #8:
Failure to Give Your Teenager the Right to Fail
"You did what?"

Mistake #9:
Failure to Discuss the Uncomfortable
"Do you mind if we talk about something else?"

Mi stake #10:
Failure to Take Time
"I'm kind of busy right now. Could you come back later?"
 
This is an excellent thread.

It reminds me of what I went through when I was a kid.

Hopefully, with better available information and knowledge, the standard of parenting will improve.

Or will it ?
 
knowledge in this area has advanced a lot....but the application is still as difficult.

This is an excellent thread.

It reminds me of what I went through when I was a kid.

Hopefully, with better available information and knowledge, the standard of parenting will improve.

Or will it ?
 
nah beh....last time i always kenna : i eat salt more than u eat rice...therefore i know...

nah beh...sounds like the poise of PAP today.
 
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