Communication Between Parents and Teens

Adolescence is a period of intense change that leads to many conflicts and a breakdown in communication between parents and children. This special issue gives some tips for maintaining family ties and maintaining the parent-teen relationship.

Teenagers often blame their parents for saying no without giving any explanation, for not listening and, above all, for not understanding. In brief, they suffer from a lack of communication with them. The parents’ fear  of watching their children go away, and their anxiety about seeing them do stupid things such as touching drugs or joining a group of bad friends does not count. Yet, it is often enough to just listen to both sides in order to maintain the exchanges throughout adolescence.

Parent-teen communication

Adolescence is notoriously difficult to live ... for parents. Communication seems broken with this child that no longer recognizes anything. What kind of action should you take when it comes to divorce and children? It is often necessary to review the relations between parents and adolescents. And the buddy-buddy attitude is not always the best for these youngsters who still need an authority figure.

Drugs and youth

Teenagers often adopt rebellious behavior. They come home later and later, they drink beer for the first time, they smoke their first cigarette, and they try drugs. Faced with these potentially dangerous behaviors, parents are often scared and this is really something that makes it a lot more difficult for them since they also have to deal with divorce law and all the other procedures related to their divorce.

Adolescent health

Health is not a matter of great concern to the majority of adolescents who have their youth on their side. However, they are not immune to teenagers’ diseases, such as acne or sexually transmitted infections or blood transmission infections (STIs). Besides depression, which is often overlooked, there is also obesity, diabetes and other ailments associated with poor diet and physical inactivity.