Whether you think you've mastered parenting or not, the teen years present unique problems for parents as their children take on the freedoms of adulthood. Use the suggestions below to establish boundaries with your teens that will help you maintain a relationship with your children into adulthood.

When you first find out your teenager is lying to you, try to communicate with your teen about the importance of telling the truth. Lying is a natural tool used by teenagers, as it is with adults, to avoid discussing an issue or to establish privacy.

Determine the seriousness of the kinds of information your teen is keeping from you and try to create a dialogue with your teenager.

If your teenager persists in lying, establish boundaries about how you deal with not knowing the truth about certain subjects.

Discuss with your teen that trust is important for establishing expectations and that without trust your relationship is an unknown, like dealing with a stranger, which will impact how you conduct yourself with the teen.

If your teen is spending too much money, establish a monthly budget for them. This budget is what you're willing to give the teen for various expenses.

Leave your child the opportunity to approach you if he or she makes

The New Bride

The young bride approached her awaiting husband on their wedding night and demanded $20 for their first love-making encounter. In his highly aroused state, he readily agreed. This scenario was repeated each time they made love for the next 30 years, him thinking it was a cute way for her to buy new clothes, etc.

Arriving home around noon one day, she found her husband in a very drunken state. Over the next few minutes she heard of the ravages of financial ruin caused by corporate down sizing and it's effects on a 50 year old executive. Calmly, she handed him a bank book showing deposits and interest for 30 years totaling nearly $1 million dollars. Pointing across the parking lot, she gestured toward the local bank while handing him stock certificates worth nearly $4 million dollars and informing him that he was the largest stockholder in the bank.

She told him that for 30 years she had charged him each time they had sex , and this was the result of her investments. By now he was distraught and beating his head against the side of the car.

She asked him why the disappointment at such good news and he replied, "If I had known what you were doing, I would have given you all of my business!

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