When their child enters adolescence (between ages 9 and 13), parents must keep up communicating as more detachment, differentiation, disagreement, and worldly discovery occur.
Parents must keep contact, bridge differences, treat conflict as communication, and give older information.are over. They will never have their daughter or son as a cozy little girl or boy again. Now it’s time for them to start letting go and support the coming-of-age passage that is getting underway.
Of course, no love is lost, but to some degree, the more aloof and independent adolescent, now pushing against them and pulling away, is never going to feel as close as having a more affectionate and dependent child. However, there is a positive tradeoff because now it’s exciting to watch the growth of more youthful independence and individuality.. “She wants more contact with age-mates and less with family.” Phone and social and computer time with peers become a lifeline.
To cope with differentiation, try to keep bridging growing differences with interest, expressing a desire to learn: “Can you help me better understand?” To cope with disagreement, try to treat any conflict as an opportunity for understanding to grow: “Tell me about how my thinking is wrong.” To cope with discovery, try to stay ahead of the growth curve by preparing for older risks to come: “Let me give you some information for later use.”For young people and parents, while adolescence is not for the faint of heart, neither is it a period to dread.Why celebrate this complicated time? Because I believe it is an honor to participate in their teenager’s growth. Now, parents have the chance to help a young girl or a young boy grow into their adult self.
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