Publisher's Synopsis
As a child begins to enter a teenager, there appears to be a rise in conflict between them and their parents. It is mainly due to the growth of the changing character of a child and the way in which the rest of the family adjusts to these changes. Adolescence is at a stage in life where they face challenges relating to their physical appearance, emotions, and cognition such as friends, careers, sex, smoking, drinking, drugs, ... Most parents are always in conflict with teenagers; whereby, some find it difficult to handle their own children.
However, it doesn't have to be so difficult for you. This book will give you all the information you require regarding the relationship struggles you experience in helping you go through the teenage stage with your children and emerging with a responsible adult.
Among the issues addressed in the book are:
- The problems teenagers face as they develop into adults make them act as they do in terms of rebellions and other extreme behaviors. Such issues are self-esteem, the divorce of parents, among others, and how to parent your teenage child through the conflicts.
- How and why the relationship changes as a child go into teenage. It also defines how you could restore the close relationship you once shared with your child.
- The challenges that teenagers encounter ranging from health issues, obesity, eating disorders, bullying, and academic-related problems among others, and the role a parent should play in helping the child not to lose themselves along the way.
- The different parenting techniques and what is recommended by psychologists as the best way to parent a child. Through reading this book, you will come face to face with what you have been doing wrong as a parent.
- How to deal with issues of indiscipline in your child along with dos and don'ts
- How to help your child in a path of faith and finding their own spirituality.
- The social media in relation to teenage development: How the parent can control their children from being adversely affected by social media, The issue of cyberbullying is looked into in-depth, How the parent can help the child from being bullied.
