If your child is seventeen,need you control him/her?

The age of your/our children is irrelivent IMO, they should NEVER be "controled"..that said though, yes even at 17 yrs old we should be the ones who make the final decisions and so on...My son is 16 and though he is capable of choosing things for himself etc and has been for yrs I still have final say when it comes to somethings because #1 I'm his mother and its my responsibility to keep him safe and #2 he still lives in my house

If you child is 17. He will soon be an adult. When he's 18 he doesn't need to tell you anything. The more control he gets now, the more likely you will have a son who tells you stuff even when he's an adult. I'll you can do is help him make the decisions that are the right ones. But you have to sllow him to make some bad ones,too. Just so he can know what will happen if he makes decisions like that in the future. I know it might be hard for you to let him make poor decisions, but he's get to learn.

I think the controlling age is gone and this is the age in which the teens have a special world around them in which they cant tolerate anyones interruption especially of the parents. The best way is to leave hij like he is and after afew years every thing would be fine. he would understand his mistakes and come back to the parents way.

i think it depends upon the kid , if the teenager is stable one then no control and restriction are to be putten on the child but if the teenager is not then some restrictions are to be putten , i understand that if we give suggestion to them they feel bore so better be practicle to them and share the experiences and all and be frank with them , they are now no morw kids and understand each and everything so be frank with them and share the experiences with them directly or indirectly.