Snooping without such evidence is an invasion and hard to forgive. However, if a parent unintentionally overhears a drug deal, then it s time to go a-digging only if the teenager has been confronted or numerous attempts have been made to talk about it on some normal plane. Older teenagers would probably show parents more respect and clean up their act if parents would clearly lay down basic rules ahead of time, enforce them when broken, and allow more freedoms. In an ABC News special, John Stossel fou nd that more than 90 percent of teens admit that they lie to their parents. The truth is, most teens really do want to please their parents, but having a lot of rules just leads to more lying.
Older teenagers are just a couple of years or less away from being a legal adult.
Treat them that way, and respect, in most cases, will be returned. Inc. All Rights Reserved.