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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Typical good parenting:

High involvement/warmth with kids, setting appropriate and consistent boundaries, and giving consequences when appropriate.

Actively teach empathy, responsibility, and integrity.

Provide increasing independence/privileges as child demonstrates responsibility.

Talk to kids about sex/drugs/alcohol from an early age.  At least by 8.  And talk often.  Lay out your expectations.   Model appropriate behavior.
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Understand they "will" make mistakes. [/b] But if you've instilled your values/expectations before puberty, they will stay pretty consistent on the right path.

Parents who are too authoritarian or too permissive tend to have the most problems with their teens and young adults.  Try to stay in the middle.

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I've stayed in the middle, and followed your advice.  But mistakes have been made (pregnancy scare for rising FRESHMAN), and[b] I don't know how to move forward. [/b]

I wish there was an inject-able male birth control, as I have sons.  My son wasn't responsible enough to use his own protection, despite our best efforts.

I'm shocked, sickened, and feel like a failure.  I want to go back to toddler problems. [/quote]

Deep breath, PP. Deep breath. One foot in front of the other. This is not an indictment of your parenting. Someone told you about it, right? My parents had no idea about my pregnancy scare. Everyone on this planet screws up at some point. And it was a scare. I wish I had some practical advice (I have a son the same age). My gut is to clamp down more and be more restrictive, but I don't know the details. Keep breathing. xoxo[/quote]

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