Teenagers are difficult to handle. Their problems are bigger than any problems of an adult. There are problems that you can control and those that are out of ones control Teenage problems can vary from the death of a parent, or medical issues, sex, ones own body, drugs , peer pressure, career tension or even pregnancy. You need to be smart and patient enough to deal with them. You can deal with them as and when they come or try to prevent them. The problem is not big till it actually starts affecting you personally. Too solve such a problem you need to recognize it and understand it. To solve your problem you need to talk to some one. It can be your parents, mother or father. Or you can find an adult you trust, or a teacher who you think can help you or counselor at school. In such cases talking really helps, no matter what your problem is. Some one who is more experienced than you can really provide you good solutions. Besides this you can also look at educating yourself. There are books available and the information is also all over the web to help you learn and understand.

Teenagers don't listen to parents who try to impose their orders on them rather they need parents who can really understand them and the changes they are going through and the cloud of questions which is building in their mind. there is no other way they can be handled.

Do you remember your own problems when you were a teen? How big they were, and how no one seemed to ever understand...

I would advise every parent of a teen to never take their problems lightly, never say things like, "Oh, it's all in your head." Those problems are very real, and it is hard for a teen to deal with them.

It is important as a parent to not judge your teen. There problems seem trivial to us~ we have been there. But they are not trivial to them. They need support. If your child grows up knowing that they can open up to their parents and trust that they will always be supportive, they are more open as teenagers.

Very nicely put Antk... I agree 100%. Our kids need our support but they also need to know that they can solve a lot of their own problems. We are there for them when needed or if they are doing something that we don't approve of.

Being a teen now is a lot different than when we were teens. I'm telling you it was easy growing up when I did, it's tougher now.

Teenagers are really hard to understand and that's a common problem to every parents. However, every problem has solution, right? Sometimes, parents don't listen to their children when they try to explain something and that should be change. When a child feels that his parents can be trusted, it would be easy for a him to open up his problems. Communication is very important to a parents-children relationship.

I agree with you, bethoven. Communication is the most important thing in any relationship. But we have to make sure that we communicate with our children at their level, because they cannot come up to our level.

I'm with you on that, mamabear. As parent you have to go down to their level when you want to make a friend relationship with your teenage children. How about making friends with their friends? This could be a good idea so that they wouldn't be shy to tell you their problems and talking about their friends.

I consider that main problem of modern teenagers - it elkogol, smoke, drugs and pregnancy. Majority from them does not even reflect above the negative consequences of these things. It awfully.

I think teenager's life today more difficult then thair life some years ago. The cause is thair parents. Children were under control of thair parents some years ago. Teenagers had to do that parents told them to do because of thair reputation. Moreover, parents used to look after children more carefully, they try to spend free time with children, speak with children, give them advice. You can see that today teenagers have to solve problems by themselves. It's may be very hard for young people.
On the over hand, it makes children responsible and independent people.

what in the world is an 'elkogol'????

What's that ELKOGOL ??

Janna is absolutely right... and if you know Marcus, please, tell him to remove his posts.

Thank you.

I would have to say the toughest part of my life was when I was a teenager. There's just so much going on.. with your mind, your body and then the daily stresses of life. Plus, you got high school and all of that. Gosh, I dunno why, but it seems like every single night lately.. I keep having dreams about school and college and all kinds of stuff that freaks me out and makes me nervous.

Being a teenager is not easy in our days. At this age, they are prone to influence of their friends and acquaintances...Many teenagers begin to drink, smoke, carry with drugs in companies. AIDS, drug, addiction, pregnancy among teenagers, is in our time widespread steel.

It is important not to look at everyone around you and make your own chose as you think. Listening advices from your parents and best friends. And your life will be much easier)))

As for me being a teenager is not a problem, it's COOL )) Because you don't need to think where to live, where to get money and what to eat. All this thing your parents give you. You only need to study and sometimes listen to their advices.

Of course there are can be some problems and troubles in teenagers life for example crime, drugs or AIDS so be careful with your life...

To be a teenager is not as easy as it seems. This time begins to develop the personal qualities of the person, at the same time, it dumped a lot of responsibilities and challenges.

May be life of the teenagers not such easy as I would like, but I think that this life more easier than a life of the adult. And on it teenagers should be to become stronger and their life as an adult will be easier.^^

Lately, I feel like I'm reliving my teenage years. For the past week or so now, I keep having dreams that I live with my mother again. It's terrible. I wake up every morning wanting to cry. It sucks, because I don't feel like I'm sleeping at all and I just have no energy

LOL, I think it means alcohol