Teenagers and young people
Parent tips sheets will provide information on living with teenagers and young people , working things out, peer pressure and drugs.
Living with teens
Adolescence can be a challenging time for young people and their families. The teenager is going through rapid physical and emotional changes. Parents and adolescents must make changes in their relationships to adjust to this new stage. The teenager goes backwards and forwards between wanting freedom and at the same time still needing the security of the family.
Working things out with your teenager
Parents need to feel confident that discipline is an important part of a teenager's upbringing.
Peer pressure
Peer groups are groups of friends of about the same age. Having a group of friends is one of the most important aspects of being a teenager. It is how teenagers learn to get on in the world of their own age group and to gradually become independent.
Teenagers and drugs
Many parents of teenagers worry from time to time about their teenagers taking illegal drugs, how they can tell, and what to do about it.