How can a parent survive the teen years?
The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don’t have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way. In fact, what causes the most angst in parents at this time is their feeling of losing control. The teen they could easily direct and guide not many months ago now seems a law unto him/herself, perhaps rebelling at everything, being uncommunicative, perhaps experimenting with drink or drugs, and just seeming to uncooperative and resentful. This is a time when parents can often do nothing right in the eyes of the teen and can be at a loss as to how they should manage the situation. However, surviving those troublesome teen years, and even enjoying them, can be done quite easily but takes a few tips, six in fact. 1. UNDERSTANDING: What you as a parent need to appreciate is that the teenage years are not very good for teens. They are changing
