- Have the times-have-changed talk. Times are very different now than they were 30 to 40 years ago. It used to be legal to drink at 18; now it’s not. Drugs are a lot more potent now than they were then. And there are sexually transmitted diseases today, including HPV and HIV, that were never dreamed of when we were growing up.
- Listen to your teen. Her remarks will give you an indication of what she’s thinking, and you might find that she isn’t taking half the risks you think she is.
Additional Resources
Organizations
Books
Taffel, Ron. Breaking Through to Teens: A New Psychotherapy for a New Adolescence. Guilford Press, 2005.
Articles
Parental disclosure from the perspective of late adolescence. Miller JB, Stubblefield A. J. Adoles. 1993 Dec;16(4):439-55.
Parenting styles and adolescents’ achievement strategies. Aunola K, Stattin H, Nurmi JE. J Adolesc. 2000 Apr;23(2):205-22.
Written by Anthony Bruno
[Article is reprinted by permission from ParentingTeensOnline.com]
