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For the parents out there:
What do you do when you
don't like your teens' friends?
Teens are moving from living mostly in their
family circle to living in the larger world.
As they do this, their social life becomes
an important training ground, a bridge to
participating in society on their own. This
is why friends take on such importance in
adolescence and early adulthood, often until
they form stable romantic relationships and
begin their own families. Friends are also
the mirror teens use as they try on
different ideas about themselves: good kid,
sensitive type, troublemaker. What can you
do when you don’t like or fear the friends
your teen has made?
Get to know them
Getting to know your teen’s
friends should start as early as possible. Be
aware that your teen may communicate with
friends mostly online or with texts; your teen
will want to be private, but should be able to
let you check in from time to time on these
things. It’s possible that your feelings may
change as you get to know your teen’s friends.
Ask your teen to bring them over. Talk to them.
A sullen boy might turn out to be stressed at
home; the overly made-up girl might be painfully
self-conscious. It’s even possible that you
might come to be a supportive adult in that
child’s life too.
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