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I recommend that parents set clear boundaries but also be flexible when necessary.

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Sentence

Narrator

I recommend that parents set clear boundaries but also be flexible when necessary.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

I recommend setting clear boundaries with your children, but remember to be flexible when needed.

Describing Habits

As a parent, I try to maintain clear boundaries while remaining adaptable to my children's needs.

Asking About Others

How do you balance setting boundaries with being flexible as a parent?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If parents didn't set boundaries, children might struggle with self-discipline.

Rephrased versions

Formal

It is advisable for parents to establish clear parameters, while maintaining adaptability as circumstances dictate.

Casual

I think parents should have rules, but also be chill when things come up.

Simpler English

Parents should have rules, but also be able to bend them sometimes.

Phrases to learn

set clear boundaries

To establish limits or rules.

be flexible when necessary

To be adaptable and willing to change plans or rules as needed.