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[quote=Anonymous]You know, I've raised 4 fairly respectful kids, who are now productive and loving adults. I learned a few things along the way: your goal is functioning independent adults. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience usually comes from bad judgment. You have to let the kids fail. It really won't ruin their lives, especially when they're a young teen, and then they just might respect you a bit more. Don't condescend to them. It's rude, and you will get it back in spades. And couch a lot of your statements about their rudeness in simple terms: sorry, all that yelling leaves me too tired to do---whatever it is that they want you to do. I'm sorry, but until you take care of what you have--i.e keep your room clean, wash the dishes, whatever---you can't have any more. [/quote]
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