Parents: What manner would you choose to raise your children (teenagers) and why?
I’ve seen and heard stories of parents who shelter their children from certain kinds of programming, music, and people in an attempt to curb any potential bad influences on their children, only to have their children go away to college and do everything at once, or rebel against their parents in their teen years.
I’ve heard of parents who will expose their children to certain programming, people, and music in an attempt to curb a teen’s natural urge to try this, that or the other. An example would be trying marijuana with their children, trying an alcoholic beverage, or being very open (possibly encouraging) when it comes to *** and their child.
With that being said, which method would you use to parent your child(ren) and why? Which do you think is better? Sheltering your child, or exposing them at your discretion?
