Editing Parenting (section)

===Adolescents===
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Parents often feel isolated and alone when parenting [[Adolescence|adolescents]].<ref>[https://www.techspurs.com/sharenting/ Sharenting – Now became Oversharenting & Danger] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816042806/https://www.techspurs.com/sharenting/ |date=16 August 2016 }}</ref> Adolescence can be a time of high [[risk]] for children, where newfound freedoms can result in decisions that drastically open up or close off life opportunities. There are also large changes that occur in the brain during adolescence; the emotional center of the brain is now fully developed, but the rational frontal cortex has not matured fully and still is not able to keep all of those emotions in check.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.talkingtoteens.com/about-your-teenager/|title=What was my teenager thinking?|date=2017-09-26|work=Talking to Teens|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en-US|archive-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021913/https://www.talkingtoteens.com/about-your-teenager/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adolescents tend to increase the amount of time spent with peers of the opposite gender; however, they still maintain the amount of time spent with those of the same gender—and do this by decreasing the amount of time spent with their parents.

Although adolescents look to [[peer group|peers]] and adults outside the family for guidance and models for how to behave, parents can remain influential in their development. Studies have shown that parents can have a significant impact, for instance, on how much teens drink.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.talkingtoteens.com/underage-drinking/ |title=7 Things Most Parents Get Wrong About Teen Drinking |date=2017-07-07 |work=Talking to Teens |access-date=2018-02-12 |language=en-US |archive-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213023259/https://www.talkingtoteens.com/underage-drinking/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other studies show that parents continued presence in provides stability and nurture to their developing adolescents.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sandra L D'Angelo |last2=Hatim Α Omar |date=2003-01-01 |title=Parenting Adolescents |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/IJAMH.2003.15.1.11/html |journal=International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health |language=en |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=11–20 |doi=10.1515/IJAMH.2003.15.1.11 |pmid=12723444 |issn=2191-0278}}</ref>

During adolescence children begin to form their [[identity (social science)|identity]] and start to test and develop the interpersonal and occupational roles that they will assume as adults. Therefore, it is important that parents treat them as young adults. Parental issues at this stage of parenting include dealing with rebelliousness related to a greater desire to partake in risky behaviors. In order to prevent risky behaviors, it is important for the parents to build a trusting relationship with their children. This can be achieved through behavioral control, parental monitoring, consistent discipline, parental warmth and support, inductive reasoning, and strong parent-child communication.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hoskins|first=Donna |date=2014-09-18 |title=Consequences of Parenting on Adolescent Outcomes |journal=Societies|language=en|volume=4 |issue=3|pages=506–531|doi=10.3390/soc4030506 |issn=2075-4698 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Newman|first1=Kathy|last2=Harrison|first2=Lynda|last3=Dashiff|first3=Carol|last4=Davies |first4=Susan |date=February 2008|title=Relationships between parenting styles and risk behaviors in adolescent health: an integrative literature review|journal=Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem|volume=16|issue=1|pages=142–150|doi=10.1590/S0104-11692008000100022|pmid=18392544|issn=0104-1169|doi-access=free|citeseerx=10.1.1.606.1774}}</ref>

When a trusting relationship is built up, adolescents are more likely to approach their parents for help when faced with negative peer pressure. Helping children build a strong foundation will ultimately help them resist negative peer pressure. Not only will a positive relationship between adolescent and parent benefit when faced with peer pressure, it will help with identity-processing in early adolescents.<ref name="Dellmann-Jenkins 177–186">{{Cite journal |last1=Dellmann-Jenkins |first1=Mary |last2=Blankemeyer |first2=Maureen |last3=Pinkard |first3=Odessa |date=April 2000 |title=Young Adult Children and Grandchildren in Primary Caregiver Roles to Older Relatives and Their Service Needs |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00177.x |journal=Family Relations |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=177–186 |doi=10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00177.x |issn=0197-6664}}</ref>
Research by Berzonsky et al. found that adolescents that were open and trusting of their parents were given more freedom and their parents were less likely to track them and control their behavior.<ref>Berzonsky, Michael D., Susan JT Branje, and Wim Meeus. "Identity-processing style, psychosocial resources, and adolescents' perceptions of parent-adolescent relations." ''The Journal of Early Adolescence'' 27.3 (2007): 324-345.</ref>