Are You Trying to Give Your Children the Freedom to Do Their Thing?

How do you give your children the freedom to be independent and do their thing? When she sees she's not getting that, or if there's when that feeling comes on, i can see her sort of retreat. Even a ten year old, like asking a 10 year old what feels reasonable in terms of screen time,. certainly an eighth grade girl will still kind of try to pull in and dabble in. And then recognizing that texting with your friends for an eighth grade girls is like an epically important part of your day.