Our daughter is an amazing woman – very successful and very popular. When she was a young teenager we thought she was venturing off to places we didn’t like. We didn’t like her friends. So we applied maximum pressure for her to find better, more wholesome friends. We even suggested certain young people for her to be friends with. What a mistake! The ones we suggested often turned out worse. It wasn’t until we turned her completely over to God and His leading that she began to blossom. So if you are battling with a strong-willed child….you might consider that plan vs. even inflicting ever more damaging punishment.