Thereisnoquestionthatteenagersneedruleswhichisoftennotadifficultthingforparentstogive.Whatcanbemorechallengingisgivingteenagerstheirfreedom.Itcanbedifficulttodrawthelinebetweenthetwo.Howeversomeissuescannotbechangedbydiscussionandrequirefirmrules.Forinstancerulesshouldbeestablishedconcerningdrivingthefamilycar.

IwilladmitthatIhavenoproblemcomingupwithrules.Tometheymakelifeeasierandtheyleavenoroomforquestioning.Whatcanbemoredifficulthoweverisgivingmyteenstheirfreedom.Iguesstherearereallytwoprimaryreasonsforthis.OneisthatsometimesIamafraidtogivethemfreedom.ThesecondisthatI'mnotalwayssosurewhatthefreedomshouldbe.

IthelpsthatIhaveahusbandwithwhomIcandiscusstheseproblems.Wetalkaboutthem_giveourthoughtsandthenwecomeupwithanagreement.Sometimesoneofusmightbemoreunwillingbutweknowthattherecomesatimewhenwereallydohavetolearnhowtoletgoofthereins(缰绳)abit.

Ifwetrytomakelifehavenothingbutruleswearemorelikelytoseeourteen'srebelling(反抗)．Theyneedtoknowthatwhilewedohavecertainexpectationswealsotrustthemtobeginmakingtheirownchoicesanddecisions.Howelsecantheydothatunlesstheyaregiventhespaceandroomtodoit?

It'sreallyallaboutbalanceandIwillbethefirsttoadmitthatitcanbeachallengetocarryout.Howeveritisanecessarypartofgrowingup.Yesteensdefinitelyneedrulesbuttheyalsoneedfreedom.

1.Accordingtothefirstparagraphitisdifficulttodecide________.

A．whetherthechildrenneedrules

B．whetherthechildrenshouldbegivenfreedom

C．howmuchfreedomshouldbegiventochildren

D．whatissuesrequirenon?negotiablerules

2.Accordingtothewriteronlyruleswithoutfreedomwillmakethechildren________.

A．strong?willedB．rebellious

C．weakD．independent

3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A．Rulesaredifficulttomakeforparents.

B．Rulesandfreedomaresimilarlyimportant.

C．Weshouldgivechildrenfreedomasmuchaspossible.

D．Rulesaremoreimportantthanfreedom.

4.Whatdoestheunderlin