Relation Between Teens and Parents

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SOCIAL INSTITUITIONS FAMILY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT AND TEENAGE WARD At every age, both parent and the child undergo some changes both mentally and physically. But teenage is the period where both undergo rapid and drastic changes. Irrespective of changes the teens undergo, they are greatly obsessed with the modifications in their parents’ behaviour. The teens mostly perceive these changes as a disadvantage for them because these changes mostly are restricting their modes of interest ranging from entertainment to decision making. They also feel that this is the period where trust issues pop up and parents look upon them with a suspicious overlook. But most do not analyse why the behaviour of parents changes. This snapshot is just an overlook of how the teens observe, analyse and perceive the activities of parents. Teens suffer in coping up with the expectations of parents upon them when treated as adults and feel hurt when they are not allowed to decide on important matters pertaining to career or grounds of interest. Parents put forward that they undergo these changes in order to provide a better way ahead for their wards with the experience they have gained. Parents argue that it is mandatory for them to undergo these changes for the welfare of their teens. Whereas teens call it an unnecessary change and argue that they know very well how to carry out themselves even when parents do not undergo these changes. Parent-teenage relationship is always complicated. Either of them feel it difficult to handle each other. It can take a toll on parents as teenagers explore their growing independence. Young children do not see their parents’ flaws, but teens view their parents more realistically. Most teens feel that their parent have changed in behaviour since they entered into their adolescence. They get confused when they are expected to behave as adults but

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