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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to church. [/quote]
I'm not Christian, but I kind of agree. Kids who go to church just seen to end up living more normal lives[/quote]

We didn't take our kids to church at all and they're pretty normal.  We limited electronics and social media. The kids weren't allowed to have any electronics in their rooms and nothing after 8:00 pm. (That was changed to 10 when they started high school.) We encouraged reading.  We encouraged sports and hobbies and art and music that were not based on media. (If kids are busy, they don't have time to get caught up in nonsense online.)  We encouraged outside time and social time with other kids.  We had family dinners with extended family once a week. We had family dinner with just us as many times as we could in a week.  We required simple chores.  We expected good grades. We taught manners. We provided enough fashionable clothes that they had some protective cover in middle school and high school. (It's a little hypocritical, but it worked.)  They're 18 and 20 now and they're pretty self-possessed and independent in their thinking. They are definitely not slaves to the culture.

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