Mistake #1:
Failure to Be a Consistent Model
“Do as I say, not as I do.”
Mistake #2:
Failure to Admit When You are Wrong
“I’m the adult. I’m right.”
Mistake #3:
Failure to Give Honest Answers to Honest Questions
“Because I said so, that’s why.”
Mistake #4:
Failure to Let Your Teenager Develop a Personal Identity
“You want to be what?”
Mistake #5:
Failure to Major on the Majors and Minor on the Minors
“This room is a pig sty!”
Mistake #6:
Failure to Communicate Approval and Acceptance
“Can’t you do anything right?”
Mistake #7:
Failure to Approve Your Teenager’s Friends
“Where did you find him?”
Mistake #8:
Failure to Give Your Teenager the Right to Fail
“You did what?”
Mistake #9:
Failure to Discuss the Uncomfortable
“Do you mind if we talk about something else?”
Mistake #10:
Failure to Take Time
“I’m kind of busy right now. Could you come back later?”
