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To: P-Marlowe

. . . highly likely . . . statistically . . .

in 63 years . . . have seen less than a dozen parents do it really well . . . to the point of no teen rebellion . . . individuation, yes, not rebellion, however.

ATTACHMENT DISORDER or the absence thereof has a huge role in such things.

. . . as well as what do the parents model.


1,003 posted on 03/12/2010 11:06:07 AM PST by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix; P-Marlowe; the_conscience; blue-duncan; xzins; Alamo-Girl
All kids rebel. You have to give them a strong foundation and then guide their rebellion.

In our case, our kids went to a liberal public school. They were so surrounded by screaming liberals that much of their teen-aged rebellion was channeled into rebelling against that. lol. Their inborn contrarian nature surfaced in adopting a more conservative approach to life. So we're having the last laugh...so far. I suppose they could still go off the rails and vote democrat. But then we'd have to lock them in the basement til they reconsidered.

And the smartest advice I ever got for raising kids was to know that you can't love a child too much. You can over-indulge them which is not good. But it's impossible to love them too much. The more, the better. And the best thing you can do for a child's self-esteem is to be sure they know you really really enjoy their company and that they matter more to you than anyone in the world because they were God's gift to you in the first place. And God doesn't make mistakes.

If a child knows that, nothing can hurt them irrevocably.

1,012 posted on 03/12/2010 11:46:45 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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