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[quote=Anonymous]For those of us who don't subscribe to an authoritarian parenting style, it really is hard to understand the need to demand "respect." As adults, don't we have enough self-respect that we don't need tribute from our children for our self-esteem?

Of course teens can be grating and that can make parents sad. They're supposed to be pushing off to find their own way. It is not as if there isn't plenty of research on child/teen development and the dynamics behind how the parent-child relationship changes. In exchange for suffering the teenage years, we get to have an interesting adult relationship with them.

My goal is for DC to become a happy, well-adjusted adult with good moral judgment. Simply demanding compliance to parental demands doesn't do much to build ethical thinking, since you can't rely on someone else to tell you what to do as an adult.

And to further the parenting culture wars, I doubt a passive or compliant child is going to have the ambition or wherewithal to become a real high achiever. It's how you produce binge-drinking frat boys/sorority girls at third tier colleges and future sales reps.[/quote]

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