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BYU Study Reveals One of  the Biggest Mistakes Parents  Make + 4 Things Your Kids Need to Learn There are so many dangers and pitfalls in the world, it often seems as though parenting is making sure our children  don't  do certain things.  Don't  touch that hot stove.  Don't  run into the street.  Don't  take drugs. As valuable as such restrictions can be, a mastery of them does not equal balanced children or parenting. This was the subject of research done by Laura Padilla-Walker, Associate Professor at BYU and Associate Director of the university's School of Family Life. In a recent research brief, Padilla-Walker concluded that in order for a child to flourish during his or her adolescence, simply "not being bad" isn't good enough.  "If we ignore the good, we tell children what they shouldn’t do, but don’t replace it with what they should do," Padilla-Walker said. "We focus so much on eliminating bad behavio