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" (Clarke, 34). They also stress the importance of not making the rules immutable; this is because if they cannot be changed, they effectively function as the child's structure; instead the structure itself should maintain its implicit properties through plastic rule-making. In addition to boundaries, children need to be nurtured. Still, this nurturing need not be boundless smothering, but instead should be restrained, assertive, and supportive care. One key to nurturing one's child in this manner has to do with the mechanisms through which we reassure them and ourselves when things go wrong. Clarke and Dawson call this practice discounting. Essentially, parents need to empower their children to face their fears and problems, rather than demeaning their concerns.

With this general methodology outlined, Clarke and Dawson attempt to specify how parenting should change as children enter different stages of their lives. Their overall plan for this is to merely take things on a day-to-day basis; help your children each...

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The authors follow this progression all the way up until the issues that arise when children eventually leave home. Ultimately, they bring all of the pieces of the puzzle together to give a broad picture of how families should evolve through time in order to keep interpersonal relationships alive and functioning.
Councilors, certainly, may play an auxiliary role in helping parents and children to connect at home. However, they can undeniably play a more dynamic role in breaking the habit of discounting certain aspects of their students' lives. Fortunately, this is the most comprehensive and beneficial section of Growing up Again; children can be given spiritual perspective as well as means through which to address the difficulties in their lives rather than merely attempting to ignore them.

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Clarke, Jean Illsley, and Connie Dawson. Growing up Again. New York: Harper and Row, 1998.

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Clarke, Jean Illsley, and Connie Dawson. Growing up Again. New York: Harper and Row, 1998.


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