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Still on the downside of the track, need to vent.
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 31501" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DDD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How many friends are allowed in the basement?? What time do they</p><p>have to leave?? Is the cell turned off at a certain time??</p><p></p><p>I think the basement sounds like a good opportunity to "try" to</p><p>work with your teen. Just be sure you and wife are on the same</p><p>page as to the consequences if it doesn't fly right.</p><p></p><p>Geez, I hate this stuff! DDD </div></div></p><p></p><p>Wow, 3d. Good questions, and the book I'm reading talks about that too. He says that your teen will always be two steps ahead of you and your rules, mentally. So, when you put these agreements into place, you must first play the "what if" game with wife/husband/SO <strong>before</strong> you present the agreement to your teen.</p><p></p><p>You also have to have contingency plans for when (not if) they push (or cross) the boundaries set in the agreement. </p><p></p><p>Still reading, still learning, not ready to pull the trigger yet. But working on it...</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 31501, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DDD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How many friends are allowed in the basement?? What time do they have to leave?? Is the cell turned off at a certain time?? I think the basement sounds like a good opportunity to "try" to work with your teen. Just be sure you and wife are on the same page as to the consequences if it doesn't fly right. Geez, I hate this stuff! DDD </div></div> Wow, 3d. Good questions, and the book I'm reading talks about that too. He says that your teen will always be two steps ahead of you and your rules, mentally. So, when you put these agreements into place, you must first play the "what if" game with wife/husband/SO [b]before[/b] you present the agreement to your teen. You also have to have contingency plans for when (not if) they push (or cross) the boundaries set in the agreement. Still reading, still learning, not ready to pull the trigger yet. But working on it... Mikey [/QUOTE]
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