>>Sounds like you've learned rule #1 about parenting: Choose your battles. <s>
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>>I have a different perspective on that one. My brother-in-law is 18 (my wife's family had one last kid, late in life), and with his father out of the picture, I more or less inherited the role of keeping an eye on him. Any major grammar slips, and I jump on him - main reason is that adults usually respect teens who are concerned about speaking well (or at least not speaking badly). He has a habit of mumbling sometimes, and I ride him to speak up. He gets mad at me sometimes for doing it, but I know it'll benefit him. Just my two cents...
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>But you're not his parent, so presumably you don't have to worry about all those other more important issues. If you fuss at a teen about everything he or she does that bugs you, you'd have no other communication.
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>Tamar
If I was a teen with a brother in law like that he wouldn't see me for dust.