2. Relax Limits As Your Child Matures (Steinberg, 102)

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up your child in a way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

If parents take the time to teach children correct principles and help them grow, when the time comes for that child to go out into the world and make their decisions they will do well. It can be difficult to allow teenagers to make their own decisions, but parents need to allow them to make mistakes and learn from them. As children get older parents need to relax their rules and regulations and make sure they are appropriate for the child’s temperament and age. If you have taught them well they will do just fine on their own and do not need you there to make all of their decisions for them.