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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re you strict? Maybe you should have been. This new fluffy parenting doesn’t work but you did the best you could and it’s not your fault. I’m so sorry and hope things will improve over time. [/quote]

Wow you say “maybe you should have been stricter” in the first sentence and then “it’s not your fault” in the next sentence. Which is it? [/quote]

It’s not her fault because nowadays you’re pretty much taught how to raise kids without a lot of discipline and making kids the center of the universe. It makes kids grow up entitled and it’s not OP’s fault for doing what the books and ‘experts’ taught. [/quote]

You seem like someone who has never read a parenting book.  Without exception, the books I've read about parenting teens have said to act like an adult and treat your teen like a teen -- i.e. recognize that it's their job to test boundaries and try to provoke arguments when things aren't going their way.  As parents, it's out job to enforce boundaries and not get drawn into explaining or arguing.  All this can be done with compassion and with a lot of listening instead of talking, but at the end of the it's parents' to set boundaries and that's actually what kids need and crave. That's what the experts say.[/quote]

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