Raise Happy, Motivated and Disciplined Teens: Tips to Transform Your Teens

Lutif Ali Halo

Do you have teens who are temperamental and irritable, always in search of private time alone in their room, yet spend its maximum socializing with friends on social media? Does they have little time for the you?

Parenting teenagers can be disappointing, exasperating and baffling. Normally you only want to help your teen succeed, but everything you do or say is likely to annoy them.

When you offer advice, they don’t give the impression to hear it. Sometimes you might wonder and get frustrated if it’s even possible for your teen to transform with furnished behavior.

If you are exhausted with disturbing teens, you need to keep in mind the successful teens who once were troublesome.

So, how does a parent survive these challenging teenage years?

There are 8 tips for you to raise happy, motivated and disciplined teen.

Respect Their Identity

Most of the parents impose their traditional mindset on their developed generation that ultimately bring disrespect to teens’ views and passions. You might have heard your teenager shouting “I’m not a child.” For, they are developing their identity that should be respected and shaped positively.

Show Interest in Your Teens’ Interests

If you don’t pay heed to the interests of your teens, they will never care what interests you. In order to actively engage with your teens you need to take interest in their interests. Avoiding what they love will bring unhappy notes for you.

Right to Privacy

Teenagers have secrets that they are careful about. They need some private space. Hanging on 24/7 around them and pushing them to spend times with you will escalate the space between you rather than minimizing it. Let them take their time.

Share Your Experiences

Tell your teens about the mistakes you made in the past and how unfortunate you are to correct them now. Reveal your experiences of failures and successes. Your achievements at school and support them to learn from your experiences. They will avoid doing the same mistake that brought unhappy result for you.

Eat Together

Your teen is maturing and your relationship changing. Eating together can be a healthy trick to review the activities of your teens done all the day. Make your teens reflect on their day in order to develop the sense of useful activities and useless ones.

Be a Parent and a Friend

Your growing teens may feel insecure with you if you had been punishing them since they were kids. Encourage your teens for whatsoever efforts they make. Your few sentences of praise may bring them uttermost happiness. Like friends you need to listen to your teens. Show them that you’re take them as a friend by sharing your little secrets.

Avoid Communication When Angry

You might have mistaken starting conversation when you or your teenagers are angry. Such conversations may have turned you upside down. To avoid your teens feel scary when you are angry, avoid conversation at the moment. Communication in angry mood will cause irreversible hatred on your teens side.

Stop Comparison

Don’t compare your teens with others. Your teens have their own likings and way of doing things. When you compare your teens with others you bring them disrespect that would ultimately disrespect you. Teens are pretty conscious about their self. Their efforts and activities need appreciation and polish.

Conclusion

Parenting teens is not an easy task, but I’m certain you’ll see a positive change if you apply aforementioned tips.

Keep engaging your best part, and you’ll find your teenagers motivated, happy and disciplined for permanent success.