What’s the ultimate goal for moms and dads? Well, if you’re a parent of a teen, in the back of your mind you should always be thinking about how to move your son or daughter toward independence!

Healthy teens are on a journey toward freedom. Wise are the parents who spend every day inching their kids toward this worthy goal! We want our teens to become self-sufficient.

At age twelve, start giving more responsibility to your child. Let him make some decisions on his own. Then, each year after, deliberately choose bigger and more weighty choices to entrust to your child.

It won’t happen overnight, but you need to choose, everyday, to slowly move your child from total dependence to total independence.

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