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Giving bad news is all about delivery. Here's an example of how one smart kid gave his dad some bad news and a shock into the bargain.

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Michael Grose

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Cadel Evans has come along at the right time for parents. He has shown all the qualities of grit, determination and mental toughness that most parents I meet would love their kids to develop.

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Michael Grose

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Relationships are best built in childhood, when kids just love their dads to bits and want to be around him. It gets trickier in adolescence, but having shared interests developed in childhood gives you a connection point during these sometimes turbulent times

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Michael Grose

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Working together as a copule doesn’t mean that you and your partner do everything exactly the same way. It's inevitable that there are individual differences – fun parent/family ogre, strict/lenient.! Working together is more about having a joint approach or a shared position around a range of common issues and understanding where your partner is coming from.

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Michael Grose

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Your goal is to stay in step with your child, gradually shifting your parenting style to allow your teenager greater freedom from you, recognising his growing need for independence. He also has a need to maintain a strong relationship with you but he needs more space and recognition from you of his new status.