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    Giving Your Teen Freedom to Become an Adult (Part 1 of 2)

    Nov 26 2018
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    Giving Your Teen Freedom to Become an Adult (Part 1 of 2)

    Date: Nov 26, 2018

    Guests: Dr. Kenneth Wilgus

    Psychologist Dr. Kenneth Wilgus offers parents a strategy of "planned emancipation" whereby they can help prepare their teens for adulthood by carefully and progressively withdrawing their control over key areas of their teen's life. (Part 1 of 2)

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