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By Denise Witmer, About.com Guide to Parenting Teens since 1997

Why We Should Give Our Teens Values

Tuesday July 8, 2008
"We seem to be too worried about 'the rules' and enforcing them, that as parents we aren't looking at the big picture of our children's lives. It's in the big picture where positive values and morals are seen. It's not whether your teen got an A on his science project, it's if he values what an education is going to do for him. Which is a catch-22, because if he values the education, he'll strive for the A. " Read the rest of the article here.

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