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Their wordsyoung people are using technology to communicate with their friends non-stop at a point in their life when everything is about sociality and understanding your place in the social world.
Their wordsTeenagers loathe hypocrisy. It's the biggest thing that I've seen to undermine trust between a parent and a child.
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Helping children build long-term coping skills is more effective than simply implementing rules.
Their wordsHelping them build those coping skills long term will help them a lot more than just putting rules into place.
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