Good post.
I have to remember what I heard many years ago about the teenage rebellion. Much of it comes back to the same fights you have when the child is a toddler, except that the answer must be different!
If you have trouble telling a toddler "no" - then it's not going to work to tell a teenager "no". You put the toddler in the right direction so that when you get to the teenage years, you can begin to let go in a healthy manner, knowing that any corrections now will only be minor.
I think problems with authority are likely to stem with problems with parents... Ones who didn't set the child right early on, and were still struggling with the major steering issues later on, rather than minor nudges. By the teenage years, it really is too late.
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Hey there! I appreciate your inputs a lot :) Yeah, a classic case of planting the seed I guess with the toddlers. Although I get your take on the subject, I slightly disagree with you when you said: "By the teenage years, it really is too late." Teenage is quite a wide range (10-19), so i.m.o. there's still a lot of space to navigate into a constructive direction. The older they children get, the more negotiation skills it takes. I see the biggest issue with the parent not being able to change his/her attitude towards his/her child. So a "soft, spineless" hardly turns into a self-reflected, tough negotiator. Could be though. It's never too late if you ask me ;) Thanks again for your insights :D
I have always seen "teenage" as 13-19, but that number is more open to interpretation with this younger generation.
You are right that there is always hope, but the job gets much harder the longer it's put off. And no matter what the upbringing, there's always strong-willed children/teens who will push the boundaries until they get what's coming to them (as my niece has just discovered, now without internet privileges for the foreseeable future until she shapes up her attitude and behavior!)
And yes, the older we get, the harder it is to change our ways - including the way we see others. Which, again, goes back to the fact that the main issues in parenting need to be addressed as early as possible.
Vicious cycle, anyone? :-)