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| 5138a1f | From the time he was young, he dressed the way you told him to dress; he acted the way you told him to act; he said the things you told him to say. He's been listening to somebody else tell him what to do... He hasn't changed. He is still listening to somebody else tell him what to do. The problem is, it isn't you any,ore; it's his peers. | youth teenagers-and-parents peer-pressure parenting children | Barbara Coloroso | |
| b54ae0f | "Whatever emotional state you're in while you're parenting conveys more to your child than the content of what you're doing with them, no matter how perfect your intervention looks "on paper." In other words, to paraphrase Marshall McLuhan, "your emotional state is the message." | parenting-tips parenting-quotes teenagers-and-parents parenting-teens | Michael Y. Simon |