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Complexities of Adolescence A guide to positive parenting your teenager
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f you are feeling disconnected from your teenager and they are regularly complaining that you don’t understand them, don’t trust them or are generally “ruining their lives” – fear not, you are not alone! Being a teenager is actually much 12
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harder than being an adult. Their bodies are undergoing a difficult combination of extensive hormonal changes at the same time as they are required to develop new relationship skills. Simply Learning Tuition hope the following ideas are helpful:
1. Read Between the Lines Teenagers are not the best communicators so sometimes you will need to read between the lines. Even if you don’t agree with what they are saying, it is often best to empathise with them and show your understanding for their concern. What might seem like an irrelevant www.polotimes.co.uk