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persuasion) will be more effective than traditional forms of parental control (prohibitions and pun·
ishments). Although the experience of the Montague and Capulet families is an extreme example,
heavy-handed restrictions on a young romantic alliance may well turn it clandestine, torrid, and sad.
PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE _ _
READER'S REPORT 7 . 2
From a Blacksburg, Virginia, Woman
ast Christmas I met a 27-year-old man. I was 19. Although he really wasn't
L my type, I went out with him-probably because it was a status thing to
date an older man-but I really didn't become interested in him until my folks
expressed their concern about his age. The more they got on my case about it,
the more in love I became. It only lasted five months, but this was about four