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Staying connected with pre-teens and teenagers

Positive relationships and staying connected

In adolescence parents and children often begin to spend more time apart. It’s natural for teenagers to want to spend time by themselves, as well as time with friends and other people outside their families.
But teenagers still need strong relationships with parents to feel safe and secure as they meet the challenges of adolescence. Knowing that you’re there to love and support them gives your child confidence to try new things, and explore new ideas, interests and relationships.
Staying connected with your teenage child is about building closeness in your relationship by being available and responsive to your child. It’s more than just spending time around each other.

Connecting can be:
- casual, which is when you use everyday interactions to build closeness
- planned, which is when you schedule time to do things together that you both enjoy.

It’s great to have both kinds of connecting in your relationship with your child.
If you stay connected with your child, you’ll be in a good position to pick up on any problems that your child might be having. Your child is also more likely to come to you with problems.

read the full article: https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/communicating-relationships/family-relationships/staying-connected-you-your-teen