Do you know your teen kid?
Obviously, parents know their teenager for every detail – skills, talents, personality and interests. Yet, sometimes parents forget to consider external factors that might influence or ruin their child’s uniqueness. For instance, peer pressure, media, trend, lifestyle and other modern ways.
The best thing that parents could do is communicate. The key to a successful family has always been communication. By doing so, trust and respect is established. Parents don;t need to be worry about their kid, because boundaries are set. Your teenager will always be reminded of their limitation.
Yet when your kid starts to keep up with everybody else, there is a possibility that his or her values will be swallowed by what the media has been feeding kids of what’s cool or not. You can always remind your teen to stay focus in life. But if you fail, you can help them get back on track by sending him or her to a military school.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:18 am
I need to send my son to some type of camp to get his life back on track. I do not have any monies to pay for such. I’m a single parent with a child of 14 that no longer can attend city schools, in to drugs and alcohol, gangs, and etc. My daughter have been taken out of my home due to his behavior. I need serious assistance. Please help!