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[quote=Anonymous]I think if you have three or more kids, you're not getting through the teen years without at least one major issue, which most likely by the time said kid is in his/her 20s, will have worked out without any big lasting issues. And most likely, with two, same. You MIGHT get lucky. If you only have one, it's more of a crap shoot.

Certainly, there are kids that get through the teen years unscathed (I was one of them - worst of the drama was some fights about curfew), but I think that's a pretty small percentage of kids, overall.

I think what would help me as a parent of teens (not there yet), is to talk to all my (self supporting, kind, successful, happy, generally doing well) adult friends and ask about what the worse thing they put their parents through the ringer on in middle/high school. Aaaaaallll kinds of stories would come out - heavy drinking, terrible grades, drug use, being suicidal, sexual assault, legal issues like stealing, promiscuity, etc, etc. And yet - they got through it, and are now upstanding citizens with good relationships with their parents.

Obviously, the stakes are high, and it doesn't always work out - I don't mean to minimize. But often it does. And I at least find that comforting. [/quote]

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