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I'm not a parent, but I am a teenager, but also a legal adult.
I know when I was around that age, the best thing that would have worked for me would have been if I understood WHY I needed to fulfill all of these responsibilites. Yelling, anger, and punishment do absolutely NOTHING but make them more bitter twoards you. All of the negativity will make them only go through the motions of everyday life just to "get by" and survive uner your rule. Communication is key. Try and make a heartfelt person to person connection with the kids. There is no way these kids are going to do what you want them to do correctly if you merely scold them.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle
Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher
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