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It is, to a certain extent, regardless of how satisfactory the parents are

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   unavoidable that adolescents will lose their high estimation of their parents
   
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   common that children resent their parents' behaviour
   
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   disappointing for them to realize that their children are growing up
   
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   usual for adolescents to want to shock and upset their parents
   
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   normal for them to be compared unfavourably with friends' parents by their own children
   

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   Parents often fail to understand that
   

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   it is natural for a child to prefer someone else's home to his or her own
   
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   their children need some independence as they get older
   
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   their own behaviour is often more childish than their children's
   
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   it is impossible to be a perfect parent, no matter how hard they try
   
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   they are themselves the cause of their child's tendency to keep things from them
   

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   Children generally believe strongly that their own parents
   

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   are not as satisfactory as their friends' parents
   
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   do not give them enough freedom
   
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   cannot do anything wrong
   
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   are opposed to everything they do
   
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   are not capable of making judgements
   

159 THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
The Code of Hammurabi is the most complete remnant of Babylonian law. The background to the code is the body of Sumerian law under which city-states had lived for 1 centuries. The code itself was advanced far beyond ancient tribal customs. The stela on 1 which the code is inscribed originally stood in Babylon's temple of Marduk, the national I god. It was discovered at the site of ancient Susa in 1901 by the French archaeologist Jean-Vincent Scheil, who presented it to the Louvre Museum. The code consists of 282 case laws, or judicial decisions, collected toward the end of Hammurabi's reign, decisions which deal with such matters as family, marriage and divorce; tariffs; trade and commerce; prices; and criminal and civil law. From the code it is evident that there were I distinct social classes, each of which had its rights and obligations. The right of private property was recognized, though most of the land was in the hands of the royal house. Ownership of land brought with it the duty to provide men for the army and public works. Families were dominated by fathers. Marriages were arranged by parents, and control of I the children by the father was unlimited until marriage. Adoption was common, either to I ensure continuance of a family line or to perpetuate a business. In criminal law the ruling I principle for punishment was the ancient lex talionis, or law of retaliation. Penalties were 1 calculated according to the nature of the offense. Capital punishment was common, and the various means of execution were prescribed, depending on the nature of the crime. Neither imprisonment nor forced labour is mentioned in the code. Unintended
manslaughter was punished by a fine. Wilful murder was not mentioned. Carelessness I and neglect in the performance of work was severely punished. In general, the penalties 1 prescribed were an improvement over the brutality of previous Assyrian law.

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