“The people around Rebels must guard against accidentally igniting their spirit of opposition—­particularly challenging for the parents of Rebel children. One parent explained, “**The best way to wrangle the Rebel child is to give the kid the information to make a decision, present the issue as a question that he alone can answer, and let him make a decision and act without telling you. Let him make a decision without an audience. Audiences = expectations. If he thinks you’re not watching, he won’t need to rebel against your expectations**.” Another parent: “My Rebel son got expelled and didn’t want to work toward a career, though he’s very smart. When he turned eighteen, we gave him an around-­the-­world plane ticket and said, ‘Over to you!’ He traveled for three years, and now he’s in grad school, and doing very well.” “ --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[rebellion]] , [[parenting]] **Source** -- [[20240806084000 - B - Better Than Before]]