Your child is no longer a kid anymore, take it or leave it!!! He/she can now to an extent make some life decisions on his/her own. Though you still see him/her as that child of yesterday and hence you want to shield him/her. You start to raise your eye brows as regards the types of friends he/she brings home, curfew, type of clothe worn etc. Here are five mistakes parents make with teens.

1. Expecting the worst: Most parents believe that they can only look on as their unpredictable loving children turn into monsters. Actually most times, we get what we see and this applies to the issue of these teenagers too. Why think they will just go on and rot?

Focus on your child’s interests and hobbies,even if you don’t understand them. You could open a new path of communication, reconnect with the child you love, and learn something new.
2. Depending on too many parenting books: I doubt if there were books on parenting for the parents in the 70’s yet majority of them were able to bring up their children properly but these days, parents want to turn to books instead of focusing on their inner instincts. It’s not that reading books on parenting is bad but it shouldn’t be too much.Read More.http://relationshiptalks.com.ng/some-mistakes-parents-make-with-teens/

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3 Been over protective: many of our parents makes dis unknown mistakes, in d course of tryinv to monitor there kids dey set much rules dat gives no room for d kids free expression. Wich most tym forces d kids out to learn wat parents re suppose to guide dem on from other means.. Let ur kid be free wit u .. Rule with democracy in ur home military rule is always one sided

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making important decisions for us when we are matured enough to do that

Imagine; my dad still inspect me when putting on our Generator!