Sep 29, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
In this episode of Teenager Tuesday, Will Perry is joined by Eric Sebastian to wrap up their series on healthy dating with a focus on boundaries and waiting well. They discuss why boundaries work…
Teenagers still need practical, real boundaries and a picture of what to actually do when it comes to waiting.
Not just what to not do, but also how do you wait? Well, we're getting into those specifics today, starting with number one.
A boundary your student picks for them, or at least is involved in the conversation, is much more likely to hold up far better than a boundary that you hand down as a mandate.
You know, if Sometimes it's kind of that idea of like we are less likely to break our own rules.
We are more likely to break somebody else's rules because then we can just make the exception.
word, but it's better in a conversation than never said, because then they're going to decide that on their own.
What do they do with time spent alone or not alone or technology, texting late at night, all those things.
Help them think through that instead of just issuing the rule and not making it a conversation.
And I think when you're able to, if and when you're able to do this, it also introduces the opportunity for accountability on the back end.
When inevitably one of those lines get breached or those rules get broken, you're able to come in and go, hey, we agreed on this together.
And so they're able to own it as opposed to, well, this was your thing that you were holding me to.
Teenagers still need practical, real boundaries and a picture of what to actually do when it comes to waiting.
Not just what to not do, but also how do you wait? Well, we're getting into those specifics today, starting with number one.
A boundary your student picks for them, or at least is involved in the conversation, is much more likely to hold up far better than a boundary that you hand down as a mandate.
You know, if Sometimes it's kind of that idea of like we are less likely to break our own rules.
We are more likely to break somebody else's rules because then we can just make the exception.
word, but it's better in a conversation than never said, because then they're going to decide that on their own.
What do they do with time spent alone or not alone or technology, texting late at night, all those things.
Help them think through that instead of just issuing the rule and not making it a conversation.
And I think when you're able to, if and when you're able to do this, it also introduces the opportunity for accountability on the back end.
When inevitably one of those lines get breached or those rules get broken, you're able to come in and go, hey, we agreed on this together.
And so they're able to own it as opposed to, well, this was your thing that you were holding me to.
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