- They still need limits, supervision, they still need to obey us, they need our advise and our approval, they need to see that we respect their ideas and their well being.
- They require our example, to see that we use good manners and are fair when we enter into a discussion with them or when we are reprimanding them.
- They need to know that we love them no matter what their grades are, if they get a place in the team or not, or if they get accepted into an Ivy League school or not.
- They need to hear and get the same message from mom and from dad.
by Alejandra Peraza de Halvorssen
edited by Erik Halvorssen
Tips and ideas on parenting picked up
along the journey of
raising five great kids
Friday, April 22, 2011
What Teenagers Really Need
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