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Should children always obey their parents? Why or why not?

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Some well meaning parents have poor communication skills. Instead of explaining things, they say, "Do it because I said so."

They may be trying to teach important life skills but this backfires in one or two ways. The child will either grow to resent authority or the child will grow to blindly follow authority.

Being a people pleaser can be just as destructive as being antisocial.

Parents must do their best to be reasonable. That means finding a mutually beneficial balance somewhere in between the far reaching extremes of being a tyrant or a pushover.

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