Adolescence has always been a period of conflict for parents and children. Parents of adolescents/teens are constantly tense with the problem of the handling their children. They want to know what the best ways to handle their children and what do adolescents want. This article gives a clear perspective on what adolescents want.

Often parents can help children understand what behavior is appropriate and acceptable merely by their own steady example of maturity and good judgment. At other times they may have to point out in no uncertain terms the hazards of certain conduct, and suggest more acceptable ways of doing.

But growing up is slow. Even with the best of adult guidance, youngsters will experiment with new forms of behavior in ways that parents may not like. There will be times when their self control will fail, when they feel they must challenge parental authority, when they must satisfy special needs whether their conduct has parental approval or not.

It is certainly timely that young people must learn to think for themselves. In a time of rapid social change they will inevitable face situation requiring new judgment that we cannot make for them.
But it is quite possible to encourage individual thinking, while still keeping in mind the inexperience and immaturity of youngsters which make them need a strong foundation from which move forward. Young People gain strength in controlling their impulses when we hold to our point of view with firmness, accepting the fact that behind the back experimentation may be the price we will pay occasional for sticking to the validity and worth of standards.