Most parents have a tendency to blame the genes of a teenager for the way a teenager reacts to situations in life. But this is not fully right, even parents can help their teenagers to grow emotionally into better persons in life. Yes, you are right parents can by creation of a suitable environment influence the way a teenager looks at and reacts in life.

Teenagers are influenced not only by their peers but by their parents too. Parents should make an attempt to connect with their children emotionally by spending quality time with them understanding their needs and emotions. Parents can help their teenagers by encouraging them to talk on various issues and share their happiness, sorrows, anger and disappointments. This could help better self-esteem and social skills in the teenager. Talking about difficult events as death helps them to develop better negotiation skills.

Parents are best help to their teenager when they stop being over-protective and allow their teenagers to learn by making mistakes. Parents can guide their teenager, but too much of hovering only goes to make their teenager more fragile for life. Parents should make an effort to treat a teenager as his friend and only counsel them when they ask for advice. This is only possible when a parent builds a strong emotional bond of faith in the teenager.

Encouraging ones teenager to spend time in green surroundings instead of indoors always helps to make him/her more physically active and reduces the chances of being obese. Besides it makes the teenager breathe in fresh air and acts like a stress buster too. The teenager can be encouraged to go to parks and beaches. In addition, teenagers should be encouraged to grow indoor plants and look after them.

Every parent can help a teenager grow up emotionally by encouraging him/her to develop hobbies and activities beyond the four walls of the classroom. They should be encouraged to try out new things in life and encouraged to play, run, experiment and learn things of their interest. This attitude from the parent is sure to encourage the teenager to think out creative solutions to problems in life and he will be a self-made adult.

Last but most important is for every parent to realize that teenagers do experiment on drinking and smoking due to peer pressure. Parents can warn them about the harmful effects of such habits and teach them to drink and smoke responsibly and not go to excesses. In addition they can be told how to give up these habits slowly and take on to other activities that can help them and are good for them.

Hence, dear parents respect your teenager’s personality, advice them but do not hover over them and encourage them to grow emotionally into responsible adults.