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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My five are grown. No one living in my basement - at least not right now. My only advice is to love and accept the child you have. Not the child you thought you would have. Provide unconditional love and acceptance. Support and encourage their passions. The time goes by faster than you can possibly imagine. [/quote] This is my favorite piece of advice and agree with all of it. I have a grown child but I tell people her success isn't really on account of me; she was pretty much born that way and my influence was minimal. However if you want to maintain a good relationship, my additional advice: * be particularly patient and forgiving in the teen years (I was bad at this) * walk away when they are mad because they are incapable of hearing you * as hard as it is to stand back, don't fight their battles for them, let them fail and fix themselves * in general do more listening and less talking or yelling [/quote]
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