How Do You Decide On Grounding Rules For Teenagers?
• Set the ground rules well in advance. You cannot suddenly enforce a rule on a teenager unless he is used to it from his childhood and now he is breaking it. • Parenting should start from early ages. Once you have raised your child with good manners, be sure that he is going to continue practicing them no matter how old he is. • Let your child know what the consequences are. If a rule has been broken, you should communicate the cause of this misbehaving and the “consequences” will lead themselves. • Be sure he understands why. The most important thing is that the teenager understands his mistake and why he has been grounded. • Make the grounding period reasonable: it is not the period of time that matters as much as understanding the reason. Don’t make the grounding an excuse to make him not see his “gang” or friends. • In conclusion: the rules should be put in place from an early age and they advance with your child’s age.
