Nick Freitas

And the other thing I'll tell you is anybody that tells you the teenagers are the hardest, that's a lie.

It does not have to be that way.

I always hear that.

It does not have to be that way.

Everyone that told me, like, oh, wait until this, wait until this, wait until this.

I'm like, dude, I don't know what you're talking about.

Like, we had a time with our children.

When our kids became teenagers, like, no, they were more capable.

They could do more stuff.

Wow.

I hear that's the rebellious phase, quote unquote.

It doesn't have to be, right?

You know what it is?

It's not the rebellious phase.

It's the phase where they're seeking greater independence and challenges.

They're trying to seek out their own capabilities and find their own way and their purpose and their direction.

And if you're trying to hold them all in, then yeah, they're going to rebel.

Or if you send them out into the world and now all of a sudden they're not prepared to deal with it, well, they're going to challenge things.

But I had somebody ask me once, he goes, do you think that strict parents make sneaky children?

And I said, no, I think arbitrary rules invite rebellion.