PARENTING YOUR TEENAGER

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PARENTING YOUR TEENAGER
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UNDERSTANDING TEENAGE DEVELOPMENT

1. Physical Development
2. Intellectual Development
3. Social Development
4. Emotional Development
5. Moral Development

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RELATING WITH TEENAGERS

1. Prepare
2. Accept Teenage Behaviour
3. Communicate With Your Teenager
4. Provide Guidance and Support
5. Deal With Boy-Girl Relationship and Sexual Issues
6. Discipline and Limits

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Helping Your Teenager

• COPE WITH
• PEER PRESSURE

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WHAT IS PEER PRESSURE?

• What are the Peer Pressures Your Teenager Faces?
• Positive Peer Pressure
• Negative Peer Pressure
• Why does Your Teenager Listen to Friends more
  than to You?
• He needs to form an identity of his own.
• Peer group offers emotional support.

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Who is Vulnerable to Negative Peer Pressure?

• A teenager who
• Thinks poorly of himself
• Is not confident of himself
• Hangs around with gangs
• Lacks positive values
• Follows the crowd
• Is not doing well in studies

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Who is Vulnerable to Negative Peer Pressure?

• A teenager who
• Is losing interest in school
• Has failing relationships
• Has few friends
• Lacks supervision at home
• Is not close to key adults like parents
• Lacks a sense of purpose of life

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What can You do to Build a Strong Foundation in
Your Child to Help Him Resist Negative Peer
Pressure?

1. Instill right values from young
2. Build up his self-esteem
3. Build a trusting relationship with him
4. Train your child to make decisions and solve his
   own problems

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What can You do to Build a Strong Foundation in
Your Child to Help Him Resist Negative Peer
Pressure?

1. Train your child to take responsibility and
   account for his actions
2. Create opportunities for your child to make
   friends
3. Teach your child to handle friendship issues from
   young
4. Help your child develop a sense of purpose in life

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What if Your teenager Refuses to Heed Your Advise
and Continues to Mix with Bad Company

• Discuss with your teenager about his friends
• If your teenager agrees that he is under negative
  peer pressure and wants to do something about it,
  teach him decision-making skills
• If he disagrees that he is under negative peer
  pressure, continue to talk to him

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What if Your teenager Refuses to Heed Your Advise
and Continues to Mix with Bad Company

• If he insists on following the crowd, advise him
  of the consequences and hold him accountable for
  his own actions
• Evaluate what you have been doing
• Review and revise your expectations of your
  teenager
• Seek professional help
• Do not label yourself a failure!