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The way we raise our children is often similar to the way we were raised. For example, I was the child of an “overly worried/overprotective” wonderful mother and I find myself treating my kids exactly the same way!

Imagine this tableau: a pretty 13-year-old girl lies next to a handsome 20-year-old man on a small, messy bed. The man is shirtless. His head is thrown back and he’s laughing. The girl, fully clothed and unsmiling, looks at the camera.Are they friends? Sexual partners? Brother and sister?Moises Arias, who played Rico on the Disney TV show Hannah Montana, and Willow Smith, the young daughter of movie stars Will Smith and Jada …

Most parents do not want to admit that their child is displaying deviant behavior. But burying your head in the sand or denying that your child has a problem is not going to help. If your child is disruptive at home or at school, he may need your help to get him back on the right track.

We have all been around children before we had children of our own. As you watch those children throw fits and the parents give in, you find yourself thinking that your children will never behave like that and that you will never be that kind of parent. You judge the parents for handing out sugary treats to quiet their children, being permissive enough to give in to a childs every whim. Then you have children and all of those theories go out the window.