http://www.stbotanica.com/blog/are-teenagers-demanding-more-freedom/ St.Botanica - Women's Online Magazine Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:35:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.stbotanica.com/blog/are-teenagers-demanding-more-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-10 carrie m. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:29:01 +0000 http://www.stbotanica.com/blog/?p=1717#comment-10 Teenagers don't necessarily want more freedom, parents are just becoming more of- for lack of a better term- hover-ers. Parents watch their kid's every step, and let them know of everything they could do wrong before they have the time to realize it themselves. They feel they must take full responsibility for everything their child does, and fail to recognize that their kid is also a human being, learning best from making mistakes. Without giving their child enough room to choose for themselves, children will grow up to be a co-dependent adult that is not comfortable making their own decisions. Who wants their child to be like that? Teenagers don’t necessarily want more freedom, parents are just becoming more of- for lack of a better term- hover-ers. Parents watch their kid’s every step, and let them know of everything they could do wrong before they have the time to realize it themselves. They feel they must take full responsibility for everything their child does, and fail to recognize that their kid is also a human being, learning best from making mistakes. Without giving their child enough room to choose for themselves, children will grow up to be a co-dependent adult that is not comfortable making their own decisions. Who wants their child to be like that?

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