Sometimes as parents we have to make unpopular decisions. We try to be democratic (teenagers with parents who have a democratic style of parenting have better outcomes) but now and again we have to be more like a benign dictator. When that happens I remind myself of what the father of a friend used to say (please adopt a Derbyshire accent here - it works better if you do it properly!):
'I am not here to win any popularity prizes with you lot. I am just here to try to put you on the right track'
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