In the many decades that has passed most parents still live in their past traits, you find it difficult to cope with raising children.

Often one fails to realise that what was once was is now being challenged with modern living. Raising teenagers is not not like how it used to be when you were a parent, you got to go with the flow.

Learn about the life of today, it will give you a chance to know your teenagers better than before. Teenagers feel the need to explore, that is what life is about experiencing new ideas, meeting friends, and achieving their goals, with the help of their parents this can be approached easily, don't hold your child back from experiencing life like any child or teenager should, this will make your child unhappy.

Parents should encourage their children to take a chance on what makes them happy, communication the key factor to all relationships, if you don't communicate you will never know what is going on in your child's life.

Author's Bio: 

A south African and enjoys writing