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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/27/2007 Don't feel rushed about granting driving privileges. Driving is not a constitutional right that every parent must grant on the very day a child is eligible for a learners permit or drivers license. Some children are ready early; others are not. Insist on drivers education through some type of formal instruction, and impose meaningful restrictions, such as speed limits, limiting him to specific routes and destinations, and enforcing a curfew. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/26/2007 Be sure to provide abundant love at home. The best way to reduce the appeal of the herd (following peers) is to keep the pasture at your house green, lush, and tasty. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/25/2007 Allow adequate time in your life to make special memories with your children and to build God-honoring character into their lives. Plan and do a fun activity with your child at least twice, or more a month. Hint: Go for ice cream, to a movie, to the library, museum, or the skating rink together. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/24/2007 Ask your child: What would you say are some reasons why many of today's young people choose not to wait until marriage to have sex? Source(s): My Heart Belongs to Him-My Identity. Copyright 2001 by FamilyLife Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years. Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/23/2007 Ask your child: Have you ever been pressured by your peers (no need to mention any names) to try drinking or drugs? Describe how you handled the situation. How did your choice affect you? If you have not yet been pressured to drink or use drugs, what will you say or do when the situation arises? Source(s): My Heart Belongs to Him-My Identity. Copyright 2001 by FamilyLife Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years. Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/22/2007 Teach your children the need to read and obey Gods Word. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/21/2007 Encourage your teenagers to focus on the friendship side of their relationships with the opposite sex. Consider allowing them to spend time with the opposite sex in group settings only, not one on one. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.