She s fourteen years old. She s going to make her own decisions and there s nothing I can do about it but pray. He s fifteen and totally ruled by hormones. By the time they re teenagers they re raised. A parent can only stand by and watch and maybe be a friend.
Teenagers are our children.
They may be big, outspoken and quite independent, but they are our children and we are their parents. Teenagers not only need parents and parenting they need it desperately. The trick is that dealing with teens takes a different tack than in the early years. Teens behave as if they don t want or need their parents and too many parents today are buying it. Over a four year period, Dr. Wooding, a counsellor and teacher in a junior high school, asked students to write down the characteristics of an ideal parent.