- Don't abdicate control
- Do secure your status
- Do assert your authority
- Don't pick wrong battles
- Do consider child's desires
- Don't fight individuality
- Do embrace a child's nuances
- Don't ignore an issue that matters to your child
- Do empower with skills for mastery
- Don't label the child
- Do teach personal boundaries
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