Many
parents experience difficulties in raising teenagers. They may feel as if every
day were like a battle, as if they were stepping on thin ice or they were
swimming in a chaotic sea. Parents who have younger children may fear the
future when their own children will become teenagers listening to other parents
who have teenage children. The teenage years are even called the stormy period
of adolescence.
It is understandable that parents of
teenage children go through a difficult time, but you should also understand
that teenagers go through a difficult time making trials and errors and
figuring out about their identity and their own thought standards. Teenage
years can be difficult time for both parents and children but it is a necessary
and crucial phase of psychological development of children. Both parents and
children can take advantage of this period as an opportunity to work for growth
and development.
You may feel bewildered or lost upon facing your
children’s unexpected responses and behaviors. However, you can change your
perspective on the period of adolescence and provide support and safe
environment for teenagers to explore and grow in. Teenagers usually want
attention from parents but they don’t want parents to meddle with what they do
since they are trying to build their own thought standards through their own
experience and knowledge.
When parents accurately understand the
psychological development of children and adopt right parenting strategies,
both parents and children can become happy, sharing every moment of children’s
growth period without developing conflicts. Such parents know that teenage
children’s trials and errors are necessary part of their psychological
development, and can provide the right kind of help and advice without being
worried or anxious. Then, teenagers can also become happy and grow and flourish
in the safe environment.
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