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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods Balancing teen privacy with parenting: 20 of 40

It can be very difficult to balance a teenagers privacy with good parenting, however, it must be done. As kids get older, they are entitled to more trust and, in turn, more privacy. The flip side of that is, the more trust that you put in a child, the more opportunities they have to make the wrong choices. Many people think that the best way to raise a child is by bringing them up according to the "They can have privacy when they move out of my house" principle. But, when you do that to a child that is approaching adulthood, you expose them to the possibility of not being able to handle th...
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