Teenage Problems Can Range From Peer Pressure to Sibling Rivalry
Teenage problems can range from peer pressure to sibling rivalry to personal personality disorders.
Some teens make the transition from childhood to teens without dropping a beat and others seem to be unable to deal with the increased responsibility and societal expectations.
There are therapists who emphasize the parental rearing practices and others who discount all causes but the child's contact with drugs or alcohol.
If the child's problems are drug and alcohol related, the parents face a perplexing time when their own child acts as if they are the enemy.
To try and deal with a teenager who is into drugs and alcohol by oneself without getting help from the school staff, and staring down police officers is to resign your child to a marginal existence at best.
If your child is arrested, the court usually makes arrangement for him to get adolescent counseling by drug counselors.
These programs are not usually successful if your child is not addicted but self medicating.
If the addiction to a drug is the cause of the problem behavior, drug rehabilitation centers can provide an interim period where your child can be kept off the drug.
But, if the problem is due to stressors coming from his environment, then, those issues must be addressed before any positive change can occur.
Troubled teens usually have troubled home lives.
Even the most idyllic seeming home can have a secret issue that the teen is trying to cope with and using drugs and alcohol to deal with the stress.
There are agencies in each town that are geared to deal with teenage problems.
Or, a parent can arrange for counseling with a therapeutic counselor for behavioral issues or with a psychiatrist for addiction issues.
Of course, both of these professionals can recommend camps and out of town schools for severely disruptive teens whose only chance at becoming functioning adults is to leave the place where their major stressors are.
It is amazing how many parents who themselves might have had to start fresh feel that their children would be running away from their problems if sent away to a school or camp that could help the teenager to work out his anger and his dependence.
Dealing with a troubled teen as a parent is frightening and demoralizing.
Most parents see their teenager's problem as a reflection on their parenting.
But the issue with a trouble teen isn't the parent.
The issue is with the troubled teen and what can best make his life less painful.
Some teens make the transition from childhood to teens without dropping a beat and others seem to be unable to deal with the increased responsibility and societal expectations.
There are therapists who emphasize the parental rearing practices and others who discount all causes but the child's contact with drugs or alcohol.
If the child's problems are drug and alcohol related, the parents face a perplexing time when their own child acts as if they are the enemy.
To try and deal with a teenager who is into drugs and alcohol by oneself without getting help from the school staff, and staring down police officers is to resign your child to a marginal existence at best.
If your child is arrested, the court usually makes arrangement for him to get adolescent counseling by drug counselors.
These programs are not usually successful if your child is not addicted but self medicating.
If the addiction to a drug is the cause of the problem behavior, drug rehabilitation centers can provide an interim period where your child can be kept off the drug.
But, if the problem is due to stressors coming from his environment, then, those issues must be addressed before any positive change can occur.
Troubled teens usually have troubled home lives.
Even the most idyllic seeming home can have a secret issue that the teen is trying to cope with and using drugs and alcohol to deal with the stress.
There are agencies in each town that are geared to deal with teenage problems.
Or, a parent can arrange for counseling with a therapeutic counselor for behavioral issues or with a psychiatrist for addiction issues.
Of course, both of these professionals can recommend camps and out of town schools for severely disruptive teens whose only chance at becoming functioning adults is to leave the place where their major stressors are.
It is amazing how many parents who themselves might have had to start fresh feel that their children would be running away from their problems if sent away to a school or camp that could help the teenager to work out his anger and his dependence.
Dealing with a troubled teen as a parent is frightening and demoralizing.
Most parents see their teenager's problem as a reflection on their parenting.
But the issue with a trouble teen isn't the parent.
The issue is with the troubled teen and what can best make his life less painful.
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