The Opposite of Addiction

The Opposite of Addiction

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The Truth About Consequences

The Truth About Consequences

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Julie Merberg
Feb 21, 2025
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I was such a lame disciplinarian that when my teenage sons came home way after curfew, they would joke about being “grounded.” Like they would use air quotes, knowing I would forget by the following weekend, or wouldn’t stay home to enforce the grounding or maybe I wasn’t so serious in the first place. What did I know? It just seemed like a parent-y thi…

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