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    Jan 19, 2008, 07:30 AM
    How to help my 16 yr old mature? How to make him responsible for his own actions?
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    Jan 19, 2008, 12:14 PM
    It is not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's thread. It causes confusion and your question may be left unanswered. Therefore, I have moved it to a thread of it's own so that you get the answers you deserve.

    For those who are going to help you, they are going to need more information than you have given here. Can you give some examples?
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    Jan 19, 2008, 12:16 PM
    Yes ; more info. please.
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    Jan 19, 2008, 12:23 PM
    Has he ever been responsible for anything, like household chores, taking out the garbage, making his bed, mowing the lawn, shoveling snow? If he didn't do these chores, did he suffer the consequences and maybe undergo some kind of punishment? Does he do his homework? If not, what happens? Is he in a school sports program? If he doesn't play well or doesn't show up for practice, what happens?
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    Jan 19, 2008, 12:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by harpeboc
    how to help my 16 yr old mature? how to make him responsible for his own actions?
    Yes, we do need more information... but my guess is that your guidance, morals, love and learning respect for others should have started a long time ago. It is said, and I do believe it through my own experience, that the impressionable years are the first three, and they never quit. When you become a parent, it's on you to help him get there.

    Please tell us more, and good luck.
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