Family Rules That Teach Self-mastery
change my mind if I didn't like her choice. My feeling, however, was that in a few months she would be an adult and needed to begin making these kinds of decisions on her own. It was time she be turned free whenever possible.
The guidelines have provided years of preparation for adulthood. The advantage is that I seldom have to make rules for my children now. They have internalized the guidelines, and they are deciding for themselves how to live the kind of life I want them to live.
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