“If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.”

— Stephen R. Covey , book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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