❏ Adolescence can be an important time in one’s life as the transition from childhood to adulthood begins. Yet, it is also a time of social and physical change which can be challenging for the adolescent and parents. Fortunately there is a plethora of literature that addresses some of these challenges as well as provides tips for a healthy relationship between parents and adolescents.
Both the mother and father had noticed that their teenage daughter had slowly been withdrawing from various activities that she had enjoyed. First she quit the soccer team and now the academic team. She no longer asked to go out with her friends on the weekend and it was all her parents could do to…
“Please mom! All of the other girls in my grade already have an account. I am missing out on everything,” pleaded the girl. The mother was torn on whether to let her 12 year old daughter have an Instagram account. She knew that most of her daughter’s classmates were on Instagram and that is where…
As the bus pulled up to the bus stop, the mother quickly kissed her daughter as she headed out the door. It was hard to believe she was in 5th grade and already talking about how some of her friends had crushes on boys. It would not be long now before her daughter would be…
The father and his teenage son got into the car on the way to go to a ballgame. Once the car got onto the road, the father started talking to his son. “I have noticed that you have been spending a lot of time with your girlfriend recently. I’m glad things seem to be going…