This is the fourth article of the series Teenage Years – Parent’s Adventure or Nightmare. How you can embrace the adventure and stay away from the nightmare.
These tips were either suggested or approved by my teenage friends, and the fourth tip that was named is:
Don’t Smother Your Teenager.
Smothering is one of the traps that parents can easily fall in to with their teenagers.
Your teenagers are undergoing a lot of changes in life as they prepare for adulthood.
Yes I know they may be still your “baby boy” or “baby girl”, to you. However, as hard as it may be for you to face, they are probably not going to want to hear that as much any more, if at all. They certainly don’t want you calling them any such thing in front of their friends …
