Parenting isn’t really like that. That is because every stage that your first child goes through, it’s the first time for you as a parent (whether that child is 6 or 16 or 26) or if you are going through the years with subsequent children it is bound to be completely different as...
and many teens have developmental needs that impact the timeline of further independence as well.There really aren’t easy answers, and every young adult is different in what they need in
you feel upset about it. If it is your boundary, you must have a plan to act on the behavior that crosses this boundary every single time. Decide what is big and what is small – it cannot ALL be big. Let some of it go, but...