Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • Teen Self-Awareness (6-22-2009)

     

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    Younger children generally don’t care what others think;  but all of that changes in adolescence.

    As a teen matures, carefree living can quickly turn into brutal self-awareness.  So when your teen’s behavior becomes unlike anything you’ve seen before, it can be because they are thinking about themselves in a new way.  They may feel rejected or unaccepted by others, or don’t quite know how to fit in.  The mistake parents make when teens become frustrated by their new self-awareness, is to focus on their behavior instead of understanding its roots. 

    Parents can help by remembering their own feelings of insecurity in the teen years and offer loving words of encouragement, affirmation, and empathy to their teen.

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