Should Parents Allow Teens to Make Their Own Decisions?

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Should Parents Allow Teens to Make Their Own Decisions? Growing up in a one parent home was not easy for my family and me. My father left home before I got the chance to know him. My mother worked two jobs to support her family. We never had the opportunity to spend time with my mother because she worked until midnight, five days a week. We were very happy to see her every morning because she made breakfast before leaving for work. Saturday and Sunday were her days off from her two jobs. She worked very hard cooking, cleaning and washing our clothes. I know that she must have been very tired, but she never complained. My mother was very strict and protective of us. We were not allowed to play with our friends when she was at work, but this did not deter us from disobeying her instructions. We went outside as soon as we though that she was at work. It would have been in our best interest if we had not disobeyed her instructions because the neighbors always kept her informed about our wrong doings. We never went to movies, parties and social outing with our friends because my mother never trusted us with anyone. We were her children and her responsibility. I do not know if giving us the freedom to make our own decisions would have been the right choice. Sometimes children feel that they should be allowed to make their own decision when they reach the age of sixteen or when they have graduated from high school. Most parents think that teenagers are not capable of making good decisions or to think for themselves. Most parents believe that since the children are their responsibility they should make all of their decisions. This could have a negative effect on teenagers and hinder their development as thinking, independent adults. The lack of freedom to make their own decisions could also cause them to develop low self-esteem, become easily manipulated and
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