She was just joking, but perhaps you are finding your child's teen years more of a challenge than you imagined. You are not alone. Traditionally, Illinois Parents Anonymous serves moms and dads with younger children. Parents of teenagers also need support and often deal with difficult situations. He doesn't come home at night no matter what I do.
Adolescence is a challenging period for both children and their parents.
These different rates of maturation are connected to physical development and hormone balance, neither of which the child can control. For this reason, adolescents should be treated as individuals, and guidelines for levels of responsibility should be adapted to the particular child. Setting a good example for children is an excellent way of teaching at this stage and will help them establish fair and human values. Gaining a sense of their own maleness or femaleness is an important part of this stage of development. Both boys and girls need a period of time in which most of their activities are with children of their own sex.