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“The problem is this: we live in a culture that currently has no universally accepted means of transitioning children into adulthood.”

Parenting Parenting Teens

Book:Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

“Parents need to demonstrate a commitment to an orderly transfer of authority from themselves to their adolescent.”

Parenting Parenting Teens Parenting Teenagers

Book:Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

“For adolescents to be ready for life after high school, they need at least some period of time exercising their own judgment in all aspects of their life while they are still at home, with their parents.”

Parenting Parenting Teens Parenting Teenagers

Book:Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

“The goal of disciplining a child is obedience. The goal of disciplining a teenager is responsibility.”

Parenting Parenting Teens Parenting Teenagers

Book:Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

“... responding with anger does not help your teenager see themselves. It only helps them to see you in a very bad light.”

Parenting Parenting Teens Parenting Teenagers

Book:Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World

Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World