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“your teen needs a process of time in which to let go of parental dependence and move into adult independence. This cannot be done instantly.”
― John Townsend, Boundaries With Teens

“But some parents are conflict-phobic — they are uncomfortable and afraid of being the object of their teen’s wrath, and so they avoid setting the limits their teen needs. However, this teaches adolescents that if they throw a tantrum, they can get out of a limit.”
― John Townsend, Boundaries With Teens

“Teens are impulsive, self-centered, and irrational. They have outbursts of anger and disrespect, then in a few minutes, they swing back to love and compliance.”
― John Townsend, Boundaries With Teens

“the point about God’s authority is that the whole Bible is about God establishing his kingdom on earth as in heaven, completing (in other words) the project begun but aborted in Genesis 1–3.”
― N.T. Wright, Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues