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Calling son "Buddy" is healthy parenting
I call my 13-year-old son "Buddy" as a term of endearment. My new wife is concerned that referring to my son as if he's a friend might undermine my parental authority. Does she have a point?
"I call my son Buddy, and he would never call me Buddy. Most Dads who say 'Buddy' to their sons delineate an appropriate hierarchy," says David Levine, a marriage and family therapist and the director...
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