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Permissive Parenting with phones for tweens & teens

Permissive Parenting with phones for tweens & teens

Your child desperately needs you to be the parent and put up the boundaries

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Phil Boucher, M.D.
Jun 06, 2025
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This week our puppies have become inside dogs for several hours per day and are loving it

Permissive parenting (high warmth & low structure) often feels good in the moment.

It feels like focusing on the relationship.

Not putting up boundaries.

Letting your child lead.

Being the “cool parent” who lets their child have Snapchat and Instagram and Messenger and …

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