Canterbury Mornings

Police are praising the actions of a Christchurch mother who called the cops on her teenage son. The mother found some items that didn't belong to her 14 year old. He refused to tell her where he got them, so she contacted police.Parenting expert and Creative Director of The Parenting Place, John Cowan, told Chris Lynch that this was exactly the right thing to do.He says tough love a very appropriate action to take with a troubled teenager as long as it's done well. Sometimes people get the tough but they don't get the love bit as well and it's the combination of the two that actually make the changes in a young person.