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This is ridiculous. Controlling teenagers doesn't work. Either teens have been instilled with values they care about, or they will simply do whatever makes them feel good. You can't stop them. If "grinding" was all we were doing wrong when we were kids, our parents would have been much relieved!
Said the guy who isn't a parent and never wanted to be one. :mrgreen:
Bud, teenagers do indeed need to be controlled. You can teach them right all their lives, but still, if you get them in a crowd where certain things are going on, they may forget all that for the moment. They're teenagers, their brains aren't finished yet. Impulse control and consequence-analysis are still iffy functions.