Relationship With Parent
Families and parents of adolescents experience changes and conflict that require adjustments and the understanding of adolescent development. The adolescent is striving for self-identity and increased independence. He or she spends more time with peers and less time with family and attending family functions. Parent sense that they have less influence on the adolescence as the teen questions family values and become more mobile. This may lead to a family crisis, and the parents may respond by setting stricter limits or asking questions about the teen’s activities and friends. Other parent may drop all rules and assume that the adolescent can manage himself or herself. Both of these responses increase tension in the family.