“Let me live my own life,” one son shouted to his mother after she had attempted to control his choices. I understand the mom who wants to guard her children against the consequences of bad decisions. But in so many years of watching countless mothers and sons wade through these uncharted adolescent waters, I learned that controlling tendencies were not an effective way for moms to influence sons.
Listen as Rhonda speaks on her parenting article, which you can read here!
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