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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is odd you have a child that went 10 years without getting in trouble. I think if you go overboard you will raise somebody afraid of making mistakes.[/quote]

I went 18 years without needing real punishments. I was so busy doing my activities I never had a chance to get in trouble. [/quote]

I know a lot of kids like this that literally go 'apeshit' in college and the years immediately post-college.  The parents had them on a very tight leash and they never learned how to manage freedom or time management when they weren't scheduled every waking minute.  These are the kids that end up partying too hard, don't know how to handle alcohol, etc.[/quote]

OP here, I can see how this might happen with a kid who has been on a tight leash, but that's not the issue in my family.  I'd say I have a pretty long leash, and loose structure relative to most of the other parents I know.  I'm not entirely sure why my kid has been so well behaved over the years, but it clearly isn't because he's trembling in fear of me or the consequences of misbehaving, as evidenced by the fact that I had to come to DCUM to decide on the consequences.
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