Thursday, October 9, 2014

Find Out How To Deal With Teens

By Jocelyn Davidson


As a parent you have to learn and understand how to handle your children. As they grow they usually turn from the small and innocent children in teenagers and much more demanding young adults. This gradual change usually happens over time as the kids get more and more exposed to the ways of the world. This means that parents really have to change with the changing times and learn how to deal with teens and help guide them.

In teenage hood various body changes will occur. At times a parent will think that the teenager wants to hurt him or her. This is however not true, sometimes teenagers are not aware of the changes in their behavior. They can at times behave in a way without knowing. It is therefore important that a parent understands his or her teenage child. At times a teenagers and parents tend not to agree on issues.

When disagreements occur, a teenager can become stressed. This is because teenagers have gone through fewer challenges in life. They can therefore not handle stress and lake the skills required to cope with very stressful situations. They are therefore easily depresses by less stressful situations. Depression comes in when one cannot come with a stressful situations, you should never let your child to become depressed.

A parent should set rules that everyone in the family is expected to follow and obey, the parent should ensure the teenager know these rules clearly. This will prevent the teenager from doing whatever it is he wants. It also keeps the teenagers behaviors in line. Also, it will prevent disagreements in the family.

The teenager can know exactly what they are not supposed to do and the parents can be comfortable knowing that their kids realize wrong from right. You do not want to keep arguing with your children. Learn to talk to your teenagers because yelling and shouting never works, especially with teenagers.

Be firm and consistent on the consequences of something that the teenager does. You should not let the teenager convince you, especially when you are sure that the behavior of the kid can have dire consequences. If you seem to negotiate with the teenagers, this may mean that the teenager will continue behaving badly.

However, this does not mean that you rule them with an iron grip. Make sure that they understand the difference between good and bad behavior. Reward them when they do the really good stuff and always encourage them to do great things in their lives. This way you can be sure that they know that you love them and only want what is best for them.

Sometimes, when a parent becomes frustrated by the child, he or she can call them names. Do not let your anger take control of you. You should be aware that the child will change as he or she will not be a teenager forever. You have to make sure that the teenage child knows the consequences of whatever he does.




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