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Smells Like Teen Spirit
Friend of Discover Duhallow Magazine; counsellor, Alice O’Brien, facilitated a ‘Get To Know Your Teenager’ seminar for parents in IRD Duhallow recently.
The main aim of the talk was threefold:
• Understanding the teenager development and behaviours.
• How to manage family life as your child ages.
• How to look after yourself.
Alice went into great detail as to why teenagers struggle, their social engagement system and brain development and of course how they try and fit in with their peers. Of course, it wasn’t just all talk about teenagers, there was advice directed towards the
parents themselves regarding their role in their teenager’s upbringing. She talked about the fine line between careless and dictatorial parenting styles.
It was a great talk, emphasising a crucial time of development in everyone’s lives. Many parents that evening can agree that the world sure is different now compared to when they were going through the same phase. However, while communication may not have been the main priority in their day between them and their parents, we are today more open to communication between the two generations. We thank Alice for putting on a wonderful information evening for IRD Duhallow.
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