Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Resolving Trust Issues


1) One of the issues that everyday teenagers across the globe are struggling with is gaining their parent’s trust. An example would be going out on the weekends with friends and having your parents trust you not to drink or do drugs when not under the supervision of a responsible adult.
2) One solution to this problem is to compromise, or to spend a good amount of time talking about the issue and educating teenagers of the drastic consequences of doing drugs. Educating your teenager about the harmful effects of drug abuse can help ease some of the tension if you have faith that your child will heed your warnings. Talking about these issues consistently will help strengthen the trust between the parent and the teenager because at least the adolescent will have been warned and now has the decision to listen or not.
3) This solution will be effective because the parent will feel satisfied in being a responsible adult in educating his/her teenager and the adolescent will feel satisfied in have gained the trust necessary in a healthy relationship.
4) If this solution is not as effective as hoped, then the teenager will over time gain the trust of his/her parent by making good decisions based on the principals discussed earlier.
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