Following is a list of common problems, behaviors or issues that many parents of adolescents currently encounter. My teenager thinks about three things - sex, sex and sex Anyone who can remember their own adolescence would realize that sex and sexuality is a pretty big issue for this age group. With their hormones rampant most adolescents are on a fairly serious voyage of discovery. Don't be surprised if your son sticks pictures of scantily clad females all over his bedroom wall or your daughter displays posters of males from the entertainment industry. Both sexes are obsessed with body image.
Younger adolescents like to talk about sex and tell each other and their parents grubby jokes.
Much of a teenager's talk about sex is just that - talk. It is in the later adolescent years when kids will actually try to put into practice what they only fantasized about in earlier years. The emerging sexuality of a teenager can be a reminder to parents that they are no longer at their physical zenith. One mum revealed how she felt quite old when she realized that men stared at her fifteen year old daughter rather than her when they were together. It has been estimated that adolescent boys think about sex every 20 seconds.