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Parenting teens: Knowing how to choose your battles
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Add to FavoritesWhen parenting teens, knowing when to choose your battles is very important. You don't want to bicker at your teen constantly about stupid things because they will begin to see you as overbearing and they will lose respect in you. You need to get on them about the important things, bad grades, high cell phone bills, etc. Don't bicker at them because they forgot to pick up a sock or something stupid. Remember, teens have a lot on their minds, and it will only take one simple thing to set them off.
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