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Mistake #1: Failure to Be a Consistent Model "Do as I say, not as I do."
Mistake #2: Failure to Admit When You are Wrong "I'm the adult. I'm right."
Mistake #3: Failure to Give Honest Answers to Honest Questions "Because I said so, that's why."
Mistake #4: Failure to Let Your Teenager Develop a Personal Identity "You want to be what?"
Mistake #5: Failure to Major on the Majors and Minor on the Minors "This room is a pig sty!"
Mistake #6: Failure to Communicate Approval and Acceptance "Can't you do anything right?"
Mistake #7: Failure to Approve Your Teenager's Friends "Where did you find him?"
Mistake #8: Failure to Give Your Teenager the Right to Fail "You did what?"
Mistake #9: Failure to Discuss the Uncomfortable "Do you mind if we talk about something else?"
Mistake #10: Failure to Take Time "I'm kind of busy right now. Could you come back later?"
Chapter titles from the book, "Ten Mistakes Parents Make with Teenagers," by Jay Kessler
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