I am fairly sure that the majority of the readers of this article will agree that the teenage years are far from easy. I would go as far as to say that todays teenagers have never had it so tough. Peer pressure, stressing about their looks, exams and worrying about their love life; it can be quite hard. So what can us as parents do in an attempt to lower these stress levels and to make our child’s teenage years more bareable?
“I blame the kids parents” is a famous saying. At times I agree with the statement as I sometimes can not understand the amount of young teenagers who are still out and about late at night. I would most certainly not allow my kids to be out so late. So why are the parents of these children allowing them to stay out so late?
I certainly do not claim to have all of the answers. I am purely a web marketer who spends his day promoting a number of websites with regards to subjects such as cost reduction, DVD authoring and stuttering treaments. I am therefore no expert at bringing up a teenager. I do however have a teenage daughter myself and am trying my best to ensure that she has a happy and as stress free as possible teenage experience.
I try to achieve this by setting certain boundaries. She has to be in by a certain time at night; she needs to ensure that all of her homework is completed before she does venture out; she is asked to keep her room tidy and she is also required to help around the house.
She is richly rewarded if she manages to stick to these rules.
Now I am fully aware about those things called hormones and that at times she will be moody and rebel. I try and keep calm when this happens by taking my lovely dog Cassie for a long walk!