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Raising Teens
By peace | August 8, 2007
Raising teens and children are not easy nowadays. While adolescence has generally been considered a difficult period, today’s teenagers seem more troubled than those of previous generations. There are more teenage pregnancy, juvenile crime, stealing, smoking, drug taking, bullying and other aberrant or illicit behaviour.
Parents are worried and anxious about their teenagers at home. They are often confused when their previously pleasant children begin to display unco-operative, aggressive and provocative behaviour. The mask of childhood is dropped as adolescents begin to exercise their newly acquired independence. It is during this period that parents are at wits ends. Parents need help and guidance to be effective parents.
It is hope that parent education and sensible upbringing will minimise or prevent serious problems from arising during adolescence. Many teenage problems arises because of miscommunication and understanding between the parents and teens. When young people feel that their parents are trying to make them conform to their parents’ wishes, they tend to withhold co-operation. While it is every parents’ wish to have their children to say ‘Yes’ to them, the children have all the rights to say ‘No’. The relationship of parents and the teens should be based on equality, mutual respect and trust.
The problems which parents face while raising teens can be classified into four goals of attention, power, revenge or withdrawal. In adolescence, the goals of power and revenge begin to dominate and replace the attention-seeking behaviours which are characteristic of younger children. In dealing with teen behavior, what should parents really do? What should you know about your teens? Parentingteens.com is a comprehensive site that offers many articles on various issues that one may face while parenting a teenager. This includes everything from choosing the right college, to teen pregnancy. It is a useful place where parents can source for useful information. Over there, the tips for parenting teens and other teen issues are written by parents who have gained experence by raising teens of their own. Thus it is something which you can rely on. Find useful topics like teen health, education, troubled teens and more!
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