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“ Chatting online when you should have been studying was not a good choice. Computer will have to come out of your room and shut down at 7 PM until further notice.”
Summing Up
Giving choices might seem a bit confusing, but you can follow one basic rule of thumb and make the concept work for you with success: Give choices, but do not give up leadership. When your kids think they have as much say in the family business as you do, they have been convinced that they have the right to lead as much as you do -- they don’t and it is your job to tell them that. And that is the lead in for the next section which is about telling your kids they DON’T have a choice.
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