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"Every one else's parent's let them stay out as long as they want"


"All the fun happens after midnight"


"When I get to be a parent Authentic Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , I'm going to let my kids stay out as late as they want"


If any of the above statements sound all too familiar, you've probably done the ?curfew thing? in your family. If not handled properly, curfew can become a battle ground with the parents playing warden to the teenage inmates, and kids sneaking out andor not coming home in order to "prove" their independence.


Curfew can also be an area that can illustrate for us a useful model for managing the teenage years. Many times when a parent phones me about their teenager, they say something like "I can't seem to control my kid." What I find myself wanting to say is that may be the problem, trying to control vs manage the situation. A parent trying to control a teenager is like trying to make a gorilla wear pants Authentic Sione Takitaki Jersey , it's only going to frustrate you and make the gorilla angry.


As children grow from the childhood years into the passage of adolescence, it's important for parents to remember the purpose of parenting and the purpose of adolescence. Parenting is one of those rare jobs where one of the primary goals is to work yourself out of a job. One way this is done is by teaching the adolescent how to be more and more in charge of themselves. Interestingly enough, one of the major jobs of adolescents is to learn how to be more and more in charge of themselves.


Now in no way am I saying that teens should be allowed to do whatever they want. As a matter of fact, there are times when teens need more attention and structure than do younger children


The difference between trying to control vs manage a teenager is all in how you approach the situation. A management approach meets the following six key criteria, 1) The parents are clearly in charge, 2) the teen Authentic Greedy Williams Jersey , over time, learns and earns the ability to be more and more in charge of themselves, 3) there is a clear map for continually building trust and responsibility , 4) the parents have a way to monitor the progress of the teen, 5) there are clear consequences when the teen demonstrates that they cannot be in charge of themselves (just like in the real world), and 6) there is a map for how to earn back trust and responsibility.


A solution I have seen work with many families that meets the six criteria of management vs control is what I call the "Enough rope to grow yourself" solution.


In this solution Authentic David Njoku Jersey , the parents choose a beginning place to start the curfew, let's say, for the sake of our example 10pm. If the teen is able to keep that curfew, (and I mean keep - no five or ten minutes late) for a certain period of time, let's say, again for the sake of our example Authentic Myles Garrett Jersey , six months, the curfew can be extended another fifteen or thirty minutes. If at any time during the six month period the teenager breaks curfew, the six month period begins all over again.


The numbers here are just for example, you can change them to fit your own unique situation.


Checking this out with the six criteria for managing teenagers we see that the parents are clearly in charge, the teen has a way to earn more responsibility and trust, the parents have a way to monitor progress Authentic Nick Chubb Jersey , consequences are clear, and there is a map for re-building trust and responsibility when it is damaged.


The passage of adolescence can be difficult enough without a never ending power struggle for control. Taking a management approach can go a long way to helping parents work themselves out of a job and grow the teenager into a well functioning young adult.


We all know that eating dinner as a family is an important way to make children feel nurtured. However, shopping for, cooking and serving a meal every night can sometimes seem like a superhuman task!


Here are some tips and rituals to make shopping, cooking and eating easier and more pleasant when kids are part of the picture. A lot of these tips are things I would have resisted or laughed at before I had children. I have a strong aversion to routine. But when you have kids, if you Authentic Denzel Ward Jersey , the adult, don't establish a routine, the kids will take over and life will descend into chaos really fast.


Create a master shopping list. How many times have you come home from the grocery store after a big shopping trip and realized that you were down to your last drop of ketchup and forgot to get more? Or that you had only half a roll of toilet paper in the entire house? A master shopping list will help prevent this kind of disaster.


On your computer, make a list of all the things you want to have in the house. Take your time and make it as complete as you can. When you get ready to go shopping, just print out a copy of your list, go through your kitchen cabinets Authentic Baker Mayfield Jersey , and circle what you are low on.


Of course, even though I do this, I still somehow forget one thing or the other! Nevertheless, this method has helped me to cut out at least some extra trips to the store.


Make a 'meal rotation? schedule or a master list of meals. A meal schedule is supposed to be a great way to stay on top of dinner: you make a schedule for two or three weeks and write down which meals will happen on which days. When you get to the end of your schedule, you just start over. This way, you don't have to stand in the kitchen at 4:30 scratching your head and wondering what to fix for dinner. Unfortunately Authentic Jarvis Landry Jersey , I have not yet been able to implement this at my house, probably due to lack of discipline on my part. Maybe you will have better luck.


I have, however, combed through my cookbooks and come up with a list of easy meals that I can glance at before I go grocery shopping. I pick out several meals, write them in my daily planner, and make sure to buy the ingredients for those meals. This method works most of the time ? except when my family eats the ingredients before I get to cook the meal!


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