If you are having struggles with your teenager, don’t view it as parental failure, but as an opportunity to trust God and learn more.
Struggles create opportunities for families to strengthen and lean on God, not on their own understanding. The way in which you face the struggle is a far better measure of good parenting than whether you struggle or not.
As your teen gets older, shift your parenting role from navigator to trusted tour guide. And when they get off track or appear to be lost, don’t respond with anger, fear or anxiety. Instead, lovingly but firmly help them find their way back on the right path. -- Mark Gregston
http://www.heartlightministries.org/blogs/pttradio/2010/02/09/teen-struggles-2092010/
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