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Disciplining teens is not and i'll say it again IS NOT the easiest thing to do. First thing parents should try to understand is that the things we know and feel are really from the experiences that we have been through more then just cause we said so. My english teacher said to me one time that he felt that you should teach your child instead of discipling them, because we are not smarter then them we just have more experience with life then them.
Frist, we need to use the most important tool we will ever have and that's communication. You have to talk to them and not just yell at them. When discipling them you have to explain why this type of action is being taken. Just saying "cause i said so" is not a good enough reason. Don't get me wrong it's better to be a parent then a best friend to your teen, but in their heads they have a reason why they think they were right, so when all u give them is "cause i said so" they will still believe what they think is right cause they don't have any other opinion on the matter. Yelling at them doesn't always work either. When yelling they start to feel that it doesn't matter what they think. By talking and letting them give their reason they will feel that their opinion was heard and taking into the decision making.
Teenager's don't always do things cause they don't have nothing to do. Sometimes it's because nobody is listening to what they are saying. So the only way to get people to listen is to act out, or express themselves. So try something called getting to know your teen by understanding who they are,what they think and how they feel. If u don't then it shouldn't be their fault that the t.v. did do those things.

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