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      ADOLESCENTS - Relationships in Family


ADOLESCENCE is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, both physiologically and psychologically.That is why there is a generation gap between parents, who are already adults, and their children.Sometimes because of this generation gap parents and their children find it hard to understand each other.Members of young generation and their elders have differences in culture norms - opinions, habits,tastes,behaviour.Some times they keep important secrets, even ignore each other.These people of different ages living together argue over a range of issues which affect their daily live(such as inappropriate outlook, living style, housework and so on..)
AS children get older attitudes to problems change and different things take priority.Teenagers grow up fast and stumble across more serious,major problems.Such problems might be drug abuse,alcoholism or premature pregnancy.
Usually, when family has financial problems , the adolescence social environment is not  so stable.According to some researches most of the school leavers thought that the issue which is most likely to cause frequent arguments is concerned to money spent on entertainment.Parents blame their children for not having a sense of the importance of money.Parents do not understand children's interests and adolescence do not realize the value of money.
ANOTHER point is that when parents are divorced it so really hard to exert control to their kids.Children begin having a hard time getting along with their friends and become depressed. Next, they will often experience an emotional loss of their parents. Finally, divorce can affect their chance to go to college and their ability to have a good marriage in the future.
IN addition,parents  & children don't understand each other easily, because of their different attitudes to education.Parents want the best for their kids and usually press them to devote to school.This action can has a negative effect.The pro cent of adolescents who are high achievers for their own is not satisfying, at all.Teenagers insist on their right to be free of restrictions and independent from parent's authority.These different desires and inability to understand each other leads to serious conflicts.
BUILDING  a positive relationship between parents & adolescents is one that requires work and efforts to make it strong and successful. It is not easy to understand each other, however, everyone should try to make compromises.And, in fact, the most important key is telling each other I LOVE YOU.

Violeta Charadjieva

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