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Just be a good parent and then you can trust their judgement when they're outside of the house. If they enjoy life and have longterm goals, they'll know when to tone it down. So long as they're getting their school work done and making decent grades, let them build their own sense of responsibility. Drugs/beer/girls come with the teenage territory. My parents were 'cool' - in fact they were so 'cool' that I had enough sense never to bring any of that teenage stuff around the house. I preferred coming home to a clean family home after a night or a weekend of partying with clowns, dirty girls, and rejects. I never let the two worlds collide because I wanted it that way, out of respect for myself and my parents.
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