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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 601566" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>This is a perfect example of why teens need their parents in the first place! No matter how much "smarts" they have - a teenager simply does not always have the life experience to majke the best choices...</p><p></p><p>My daughter swore that everything would be just grand if only we would let her figure everything out for herself. And from her teenage point of view - this was a perfectly reasonable, rational argument. She felt she needed no input other than her own - and she would handle life's issues just fine on her own.</p><p></p><p>From the perspective of a person who has been there and done that? I could see that my daughter did not have the big picture. She was not looking at the often fine line between success and failure. She could not see that her poor choices were adding up and leading her down a path that did NOT lead to the dreams and successes she envisioned for herself.</p><p></p><p>For all our efforts - we watched her throw away opportunities for her future....and now, she is left with the school of hard knocks.</p><p></p><p>That said, she may still work really hard and have a highly successful life - but had she allowed her parents to steer her to a better road...she might have been enjoying a much different life right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 601566, member: 6546"] This is a perfect example of why teens need their parents in the first place! No matter how much "smarts" they have - a teenager simply does not always have the life experience to majke the best choices... My daughter swore that everything would be just grand if only we would let her figure everything out for herself. And from her teenage point of view - this was a perfectly reasonable, rational argument. She felt she needed no input other than her own - and she would handle life's issues just fine on her own. From the perspective of a person who has been there and done that? I could see that my daughter did not have the big picture. She was not looking at the often fine line between success and failure. She could not see that her poor choices were adding up and leading her down a path that did NOT lead to the dreams and successes she envisioned for herself. For all our efforts - we watched her throw away opportunities for her future....and now, she is left with the school of hard knocks. That said, she may still work really hard and have a highly successful life - but had she allowed her parents to steer her to a better road...she might have been enjoying a much different life right now. [/QUOTE]
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