in what they are going to believe. "But if the early exposure has been conducted
             properly, they will have an inner mainstay to stand by them. That early indoctrination then
             is the key to the spiritual attitudes they will carry into adulthood." Even if the child
             doesn't choose to believe the what the parents believe, the child should still have to
             participate in the religious activities of the family as long as he or she is living under the
             parents roof. "However, the teenager should not be forced to carry the same beliefs" (55).
             Dobson points out that a teenager is subjected to all of his parents ideas, beliefs,
             and attitudes, which is good. It is the parents God- given responsibility to train their child
             the best that they can. But there has to come a point where the child takes the things that
             his parents have taught him and either accept them as the truth or rejects them as false. "If
             that personal evaluation never comes, then the adolescent fails to span the gap between
             "what I've been told" versus "What I believe." This is one of the most important bridges
             leading from childhood to adulthood" (54).
             Disciplining teenagers can be a very hard thing to do. To make the consequence
             reasonable enough to teach the lesson, but not so harsh that it will cause long term
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