This month, we will be emphasizing all our attention towards anti-bullying techniques and tips for better parenting. This month is all about being a better parent and how to secure your relationship with your teen.
The magnanimity of emotions rustling inside a teen’s body is immeasurable. Parents need to think of the time when they were teens and the problems they faced as a teenager. Proverbs like “Walk a mile in my shoes” fits best here. And in this case, parents have walked miles and not just a mile. So if parents fail to understand their teen, it’s probably because they never wanted to understand and rather just order what they want them to do.
Some parents may find it difficult to reach to their kid to provide some help. Others may even find themselves baffled with what exactly need to be done. Therefore, our TMF experts make sure parents are never lost in the midst of providing assistance to their kids. Parents need to follow these simple, yet important tips for raising a teen.
- Never suppress their expression: what teens need more than anything else during their early teen years is to have someone who they can express themselves to. Be that person who listens to their kids. Teens may use clothing or haircuts to express themselves, so don’t get ridiculed by these smaller choices that your teens make. Instead save it for something bigger that can have a permanent effect on your teen, like a tattoo, or the decision to move out with a friend.
- Encourage them to participate: look for ways to increase their participation in household activities. Let them do things that they want to participate in. You can also ask them to join you for hangouts or groceries.
- Give them freedom but in packages: the first thing that kids want to have after hitting puberty is some privacy. Second, independency. They may want to be locked into room for the whole day or spend their nights at friend’s place; all you need to do is provide them freedom but only slowly and subtly. Check their behavior before giving some more. If they show some responsibility you can loosen upon a little bit more.
- Provide reasoning: Your decision won’t matter to them if you would go for an autocratic style of parenting. Teens like reasoning, so provide them with that before you set some new rules. That may also help you evaluate your house rules.
- Don’t rescue them always: one prerequisite for transitioning into an adult from a teen is to take control over the consequences. Your teen would never be able to know how to handle a situation unless they are left to sort it out themselves. It may be painful but letting your kid fail an exam or two is the only way if you want them to be better academically.
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