A while ago, a portion of one of my newsletters was plagiarized. I consulted my in-house “lawyer in training” – my son Alex. Every time I think of our interaction that day, it really warms my heart. On Sunday, during our “Love and Respect” Sunday School class, I think I finally realized why Alex’s help was so important to me that day.

He was protecting me – which was demonstrating that he loved me. In the book, it talks a lot about cycles, and how love LEADS TO respect, and respect LEADS TO love. So I started thinking about what I did to show my son respect that day. I think that the moment when I asked his opinion of the situation, adult to adult, was the moment that he knew I respected him.We won’t even think about all the times I completely *fail* at the love and respect cycle, but I did think it was interesting to see on situation in which it worked. I hope it will encourage you.

Another way to show your son’s respect is to treat them as adults and let them experience adult consequences. I know our natural inclination as parents is to always protect and always defend. There are times, however, when natural consequences are the best form of education. This is especially true if the consequences are not life altering. Letting them live with minor inconveniences at the department of motor vehicles or with their insurance are great ways of gently ushering them into the adult world.

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Lee Binz, The HomeScholar, is a homeschool high school expert. Both her two boys earned full-tuition scholarships at their first choice university. Learn how she did it on TheHomeScholar.com.

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