Along the same lines, if you violate a universal law on raising teens once too often, you might go splat as a family. They need to feel they are a part of something bigger than themselves. If they don t get it in a healthy place - with family, worthwhile friends, clubs, sports, youth groups, etc. The parents job is to make sure they get it in a healthy place, even if they don t like it all the time. Law of Hope.
Recent statistics show that the only age group in which the suicide rate is rising is adolescents.
This is the direct result of a lack of hope - hope for the future, hope that things will get better. Law of Power. Once you enter into a power struggle with a teen, you have already lost it. Interesting game the only winningmove is not to play. Law of Control.