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Ask Scary Mommy: How Do I Balance “It’s Safe to Tell Me” With Consequences?

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1 week ago

Ask Scary Mommy is our weekly advice column wherein Scary Mommy editors and guest editors — fellow moms like you — will answer your burning questions. You can send all of your questions and conundrums about parenting, family, and relationships to askscarymommy@bdg.com (don’t worry — we’ll keep you anonymous!).This week, we are talking about another tough subject: rules for teenagers. Specifically, what if you want to keep the lanes of communication wide open during such a critical time for your kid, but you also want to keep an established set of rules and consequences? This is incredibly toug...