Why parents have no clue what is really going on

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Why parents have no clue what is really going on

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I find there are four primary reasons why parents don't really know what's going on in the lives of their children. Number one is that they're busy. They're joggling jobs and complicated relationships. And finances. And all kinds of things that get along with everyday life. And sometimes that means that they don't live enough time to spend with their children. Secondly, even if they are spending time with them, they're not always really listening to their children. They're distracted. And they are not cuing in on some of the things that their kids might be trying to tell them. The third reason is that many adults, many parents, assumes that their children adolescent is like their own adolescence, and they are struggling with the same things. Where, in fact, today's adolescence is very different then adolescence of yesteryear. I like to say, "This is not your grandfathers adolescence. Maybe not even your own adolescence." So, in order to close the reality gap, parents really need to dig deep to understand what kids are growing up with today. What environment they are growing up in today. And the forth reason is that some kids, not all kids, but some kids, work really hard to make sure that their parents don't know what's going on in their lives. Because they are trying to conceal risk behavior.

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Stephen Gray Wallace, MS Ed

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Stephen Gray Wallace, M.S. Ed., is president and director of the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE), a national collaborative of institutions and organizations committed to increasing favorable youth outcomes and reducing risk. He is a consultant to summer camps on staff training and teen leadership programming and has broad experience as a school psychologist and adolescent/family counselor. Stephen is a member of the professional development faculty at the American Academy of Family Physicians and American Camp Association and a parenting expert at kidsinthehouse.com, NBC News Learn and WebMD. He is also an expert partner at RANE (Risk Assistance Network & Exchange) and was national chairman and chief executive officer at SADD for more than 15 years. Additional information about Stephen’s work can be found at StephenGrayWallace.com.

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