Saturday, February 19, 2011

Ideas To Be A Nice Parent To Your Teenagers

By Earle M. Helton


The home will not be complete without the angry shouts of your teen during your supposedly calm conversation with them. It is sometimes very hard to raise a child who has gone through teenage years. It can be very frustrating to watch your teen make poor life decisions all because you cannot talk well to your teen.

Do try to know what your teen has to say before you jump into conclusions or you end up having another round of angry words and probably say what you do not mean to say. Do not try to interrupt when your teen is saying his speech.

Allow your teen to open up to you by being open to him as well. Be his best friend and he will begin to tell you what you want to hear. There should be no boundaries to your conversations. Do not enforce a rule on how he should talk or what he should be talking about. Restraining a teen is a bad idea but do try to put some sense of control.

If you are not able to confront your teen or decipher how he really feels, ask around for someone who is close to him and get such information. Look around and see who he is closest to and try to squeeze the information out of that person.

Ever get a situation where you want your teen to do something and he ends up not doing it? It is because parents do not tell the reason behind such actions. If teens know what they are doing and why they are doing it, then they would fully understand the reasons for their actions.

Explain to your teen that his actions will always have consequences. That is how the world goes and that should be how he lives from now on now that he has reached the teenage years. Put some sense into your teen by making him responsible for his actions.

Time is precious when it comes to your family, so act as quickly as you can. That is the only thing you cannot afford to lose no matter what the circumstance is. Take the time off to be with your teens and give them a big hug. If you do not do this, it may come back to haunt you in the long run and hold your family back from progressing.

Respect is a give and take situation. As a parent, you should learn how to respect your teen as he will grow to respect you as a person as well.




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