Take plenty of time to explain why you are setting the limits. Your teen needs to know why. He or she will soon be making his own decisions in life and needs to know how to do it right.
CAN you explain “why” to your teen? You may find out you have made a decision based on your own opinion. Be honest: is your opinion right and your teen’s opinion wrong? Although your opinion certainly seems best and right to you, your teen’s opinion will probably seem just as best and right to him or her.
Choose very carefully which issues are important enough to warrant confrontation with your teen. In setting limits or making rules, you need the truth to steer by! The Bible is the source of truth. When you pattern your home according to Bible teaching, then your teen knows the standard is not your preference but God’s law. Bible truth applies to all ages. The Bible is the anchor in the storm of life and the plumb line for truth. Give your family the gift of a compass to steer by through life rather than letting your own feelings or opinions rule.
