Attitudes of a teen

It is widely believed, among counseling and medical professionals as well as the public, that it is desirable for parents to talk with their children about sex, and that openness in the family and a good sex education at home will discourage teens from behavior their parents disapprove of. Parents may be dismayed by several recent studies that found neither parental beliefs about sex nor parent-child communications about sex appears to have an effect on adolescent sexual behavior. This finding was made by the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood which collected data for two years from a group of to year-olds and their mothers. The Guttmacher researchers found quite a communications gap. The discrepancy was about the same for mothers and daughters. Girls who reported that their mothers had discussed contraception with them were more likely to use effective contraceptives.

Nothing brings down the mood of your household any quicker than a teen whose outlook has gone south. A bad attitude. At some point, every teen drives every parent crazy over a bad attitude. Some teens grow into their brash behaviors and wear them like a badge of honor. Others pull a Jekyll and Hyde trick—one minute a sweet and caring child, the next an angry and arrogant teen. Recognizing which attitude our teen exhibits will help us address the behavior and find a peaceable resolution in our homes.

With a new school year starting, many parents find themselves gearing up for another round of bad attitudes and power struggles with their kids. It drives me crazy to see him wasting his time like this, when he should be focusing on school so he can get into college and get a real job. The danger is that kids use that fantasy to justify their poor attitude around their responsibilities. If you are in the thick of this kind of power struggle with your teen, you probably want him or her to listen to your speeches about the importance of hard work, and adopt a much better, more appreciative attitude.

Metrics details. Irish teenagers demonstrate high rates of drunkenness and there has been a progressive fall in age of first drinking in recent decades. International research indicates that parents exert substantial influence over their teenager's drinking. We sought to determine the attitudes and behaviours of Irish parents towards drinking by their adolescent children. We conducted a telephone survey of a representative sample of of parents who had a teenager aged between 13 and 17 years.