Consistent, loving discipline, which includes setting rules and following through, is essential for healthy child development and prevents the damage associated with permissive parenting.

“children need boundaries. I often say God gave us parents until our frontal lobes develop, right? The front third of the brain, the most human part of the brain, focus, forethought, judgment, impulse control, and that's why you need parents to help guide you.”

Tanea believes that maintaining an authoritative parental role and setting boundaries is necessary, even if it creates conflict and friction.

“But if you trying to just you always trying to do it without me. And that's the thing like I'm not saying you need me but I am a mother for a reason. You know it's a such thing as being you know young.”

Fathers play a distinct role in child development by emphasizing boundary enforcement, which fosters the discipline and postponed gratification necessary for success.

“dads are far more likely, especially with their sons, to require their sons to be very good with boundary enforcement.”

Terrell Davis believes his father's harsh parenting style was necessary and ultimately helped shape his resilience and character as a man.

“Everything that we all we we end up transforming from, I think, comes from it comes from our parents. Um my dad was he was more like a military dad, but he had never been in the military.”

He insists that his daughter should prioritize her education and professional development over dating at her age.

“YOU DON'T NEED TO FIND IT. FIND GRADES. Find an internship.”

Parents should avoid controlling their children and instead support them in choosing their own paths.

“my mom's always trying to control me my dad's always trying to control me because like they they they try to set you up for a past success and like yes that is nice but you should let them choose what their ping success is”

Julia claims that healthy relationships require that both partners or family members view each other as individuals and make intentional decisions rather than following expected societal scripts.

“we're two humans. What do we each want? What do we each need? Let's make these decisions for oursel and not center what the outside world is going to expect from us looking in.”

Open and honest communication is essential to maintaining a healthy and connected relationship between parent and child.

“Every single conversation we have, I feel like I could tell you how I truly feel without judgment, without fear, without worry that I'm going to be punished.”

Providing unsolicited advice or excessive care to an adult child can be a way of foreclosing on their individuality and autonomy.

“I can't just foreclose on their growth by offering unsolicited advice, which reduces their own ability to think for themselves, to judge for themselves, to trust and rely on their own opinions.”

It is a parent's responsibility to stay informed about their children's activities and safety.

“Bottom line, I think you're being a damn good mother. I think you are I think it is your job to know what your children are doing.”

The mother believes that keeping a child under constant surveillance is necessary to ensure their safety from external dangers.

“my plan to protect her is to be watching her 24/7”