Your Parents Revenge, Your Teenager - How to Care for Your Adolescent

Okay so, you were once young too, and if you were a somewhat problematic teen for your parents, then you shouldn't be all that surprised to find your offspring similar in that regard. Call it; your parent's revenge. After all, you gave your parents quite a hard time raising you through those teenage years, and now they get to watch you deal with the same thing. Do you think they are smiling right now? Perhaps, it's time to ask them and perhaps ask them for some advice.

Teenagers will often say; "but Mom [or Dad] you don't understand," but of course you do, as it really wasn't all that long ago you were where they were and feeling the rush of emotion, energy, and puberty all at the same time. Yes, those were interesting times, fun too, well most of the time, remember! Well, these memories will help you cope with your timid, wild, or simply stubborn teen, perhaps all of those things all mixed into one at times.

They say tough love is the best, but that isn't always as easy as it sounds with a teen, as you know. Psychologists tell us the most important thing for a teen is sense of self and self-esteem, which is developing as they find themselves, find what they are good at, and gain a little self-confidence, as they are only a hop, skip and a jump from adulthood. Some things which seem silly to you feel like life and death to your teen.

Often they want to fit in, and a certain type of shoes, clothes, and Smart Phone are as important as their pictures and number of friends on Facebook. It's about validation and a statement of self, a belonging to their peer group, at an age when teens act like first graders in a sand box, only must more Machiavellian in their associations, gossip, and on-ups-man-ship episodes. It can be an emotional battlespace at times. And whether you as a parent realize it or not, you are part of that game.

Indeed, your teen's emotion is as important as their health, and what you feed them, as a depressed teen's problems can often trigger health issues, even suicide, and if your teen's emotions are at issue, it means they are going through exactly what you did, and you are going to need to treat them as you'd have wanted your parents to treat you at the time, remember that? I bet your parents do, so please consider all this