Teenage and the ensuring transition into adulthood is perhaps the most important time for we parents to extend our guidiance,support,and understandig to our children.As children grow older,their perceptions get more concretized and they handle issues and choices that which influences their futurewith strong grips.Fighting out almost everything with their parents.It becomes very difficult for our children,at this time to understand our roles as parents.
WHAT TEENAGERS(13 AND ABOVE)NEED FROM ADULTS
1-Teenagers really need our support and unconditional love.They also need to be challenged. Such opportunity help them to grow and channeled thir abundance enegy in the right direction.
2-Parents need to guide their teenage children in decision-making.Even though teenagers yearn for independence and even sometimes act as if they know it all,they are not fully mature.Rather than tell them what to do,help them to clarify their thoughts and feelings so they can make informed decisions.
3-Let the parent-child bond develop into a sacred frienship that will make them always enjoy comoing to you as a true friend instead of going out there to be mis-informed.
4-Give room for the wealth of experiences from the members of the extended family,and the spiritual community to help guide the teenagers.
5-Create a free climate,where teenagers feel free to share their thoughts,feelings and and actions to adults guides.This help to protect our children from developing a 'secret life',which can make us to lose them!
EXPECTATIONS:
1-Encourage teens to freely express their devotion to the divine.
2-Freedom should be directly linked to the demestration of self-discipline and responsi- bility.
3-Teenagers need to be taught sex-education.They need a sufficient understanding and cultural support inthis area.Help them make responsible choices as they mature.
4-Show teenagers respect and,in turn,encourage them to value the practical wisdom of adults.
