How can I help my daughter make the right decisions in her critical relationship with her boyfriend?
Dear Gramps, We have an amazing teen daughter. All her life she has loved living the gospel. In the last month a romantic relationship has made definite moves toward the inappropriate. She felt the Spirit tell her to end the relationship. Within a day she was feeling that she had overreacted. She feels sure that in the relationship again, she will be able to make the right decisions. She has a slight psychiatric condition that might be affecting her ability to hang on to her values when tempted. How do we balance respecting her free agency with keeping her safe? She is also saying that if the gospel is going to keep her from what she wants, she might not be sure she wants it anymore. We would appreciate any extra advice you might have. Thanks so much, Margaret, from Medina, New York Dear Margaret, Sounds like a pretty typical teenager to me. There is a strong tendency for them to what they want now, more than they value what the want most. It also sounds like pretty typical parents–”Ho
