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What are some hard decisions teens have to make?
The 6 Most Important Decisions Your Teen Will Ever Make
- School: How does your teen plan to spend his years in school?
- Friends: How does your child choose her friends?
- Parents: How is your relationship with your teen?
- Dating & Sex: How does your teen feel about dating, and what does she know about sex?
What do you do when your teenager makes bad choices?
Why teens make bad choices and how you can help them
- Key Points.
- Connect and listen.
- Encourage your teen to stop and think.
- Be aware of your teen’s big events.
- Establish rules and routines.
- Encourage them.
- Use mistakes as learning opportunities.
- Make sure they are safe.
Are You struggling to parent a teenager?
Get Help if You Need It – Parenting a teenager is hard! Please excuse the tired cliche, but relationships with teenagers really do feel like a roller coaster ride with ups, downs, and lots of unexpected turns. Sometimes, it feels like it’s more than we can handle and this is the time we need to reach out to others.
Should you let your kids make their own decisions?
If it’s not putting your child at risk, give them the leeway to make age-appropriate decisions and learn from the consequences of their choices. “A lot of parents don’t want growing up to involve any pain, disappointment, or failure,” Evans says.
What are the most common problems faced by teenagers today?
10 Most Common Issues Teenagers Face Today. They suffer from negative body image. They long to belong to supportive and accepting communities beyond their family. They experience stress and difficulty prioritizing and managing their time. They feel lots of pressure from peers, parents, and society to conform to conflicting expectations.
Do your parenting skills keep up with your teenager?
They’re a teen, or a tween — and it’s time to tweak your parenting skills to keep up with them. Yes, they’re probably moodier now than when they were young. And you have new things to think about, like curfews, dating, new drivers, and friends who make you raise your eyebrows.