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He could hardly believe his ears. His daughter, who’d been estranged from him for the last seven years, by her own choice, wanted money. She’d rebelled against his rules, opted to live out her teen years exclusively with her mother (who had few rules), and in essence, disdained a relationship. ...

A friend who volunteers his time with delinquent youth told of a frustrating problem he kept encountering. As he tried to counsel these young people who’d messed up, he kept running into a wall of bitterness.  Many of them had been treated roughly by law enforcement upon arrest and detainment. ...

Living in a nation that was birthed in revolution, it is culturally fashionable to be hostile and suspicious of authority in America, a trend on the rise since the Vietnam War era. For teens, adolescence is a time of transition from parental authority to self-government, and along with the push ...