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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Building Trust

Earning parents' trust and increased freedom is something that should happened gradually with a teenage child. While you don't want to hover - which can cause teens to start lying to and avoiding you - you do want to follow-up, especially at the beginning when trust is still being established.

"There are three principles parents need to understand about teen trust. The first: Trust must be earned. Teens earn trust by proving to the parents that they can be trusted to be where they say they will be, come home at the agreed-upon time, and always tell parents the truth. Parents start out allowing the teen to prove trustworthiness in baby steps. The first step might be going to a friend's house or the library after school."

If trust is broken, the teen has to start from the beginning, re-establishing his trustworthiness. Read more at AZStarNet.com.

Children and teens with ADD, Autism, and Asperger's Syndrome can often lack important social skills and need help from their teachers and families for clues on how they should behave. Learn how you can help at YourLittleProfessor.com.

Labels: communication, respect, responsibility

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