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Originally Posted by Hektore
Or they could try to make the point that it isn't extreme, just different than the way you[general] think it should be.
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Excellent point, thank you.
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I'm going to have to disagree because while it may be true that when some children begin puberty they can make "healthy, informed" decisions, I seriously doubt this is more than a small minority. Parents occasionally need to take control to keep children from really hurting themselves, that doesn't necessarily mean they don't respect the child's decision, but they are children, even when they start puberty.
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True. I think as a parent you equip your children as well as you can to make good decisions. Whether you consider that equipment to be spiritual or practical, in the end, the decisions are up to the children. Your control only goes so far as your child's ability to make good decisions, which is very often irrelevant to what you've taught them depending on their impulses and the situations they find themselves in.