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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you ever watched the Sopranos? Here's a scene that is forever burned in my memory...Tony's final line pretty much says it all. It's not just the disagreements with your teens but with your spouse too...we have teenagers and have had way too many conversations like this one:

Meadow, 16, throws a party while her parents are out and gets caught.

Later in bed, her parents are disagreeing on what to do.

Carmela: There has to be consequences! Plenty of parents still crack the whip!
Tony: Yeah, that's what they tell ya
Carmela: I cannot wait until she goes off to college
Tony: Oh so you can be F'd up with the empty nest syndrome and go on Wellbutrin like your sister
Carmela: As a parent today, you are over a barrel no matter what you do. If you take away their car, you become their chauffeur. If you ground her, you gotta stay home and be prison guard.
Tony: If you throw her out, Social Services would bring her back and we'd be the ones in front of a judge. She's not even 18 yet.
Carmela: That's your solution, throw your daughter out??
Tony: All i'm sayin', with the laws today, you can't even restrain your kid physically, 'cause she could sue you for child abuse
Carmela: There.has.to.be.consequences.
Tony: And there will be. I hear ya, ok? Let's just not overplay our hand, because if she finds out we're powerless, we're f**ked."

In the end, Meadow suggests they take away her Discover Card and they take her up on it. Consequences![/quote]

I love this analogy.[/quote]

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