by Lousia Ritchotte

Created on: May 31, 2008

The very short answer is yes, and yes. In todays world of many young individual who drive cars, stay out late, and travel afar to where ever it is they're going , parents have to have some control over what, where and how the teens acts. It is important for the parents to become a part of the teens growing up and leaving the home, no matter how many hours they are out. The child should have a clear understanding on the rules of the home and follow what it is the rules say. It provides for peace of mind for parents and limits and boundaries for the teens. Teens today may think that it isn't necessary to have their parents worry but the truth of the matter many parents do just that in todays world of wonder and what if's. Parents are the ones who have to set the rules and the teens have to obey them. It's hard sometimes for this to happen when you know your teen is a good person, never does any thing that is questionable, and you trust him or her, but that trust can go right out the window when there with others who may decide to do something that isn't right and your teen is in the middle. What happens then, who do you blame, how do you handle the situation, and when do you decide where to draw the line on trust. Many of you probably have already said, not my son or daughter, well they were there in the mix of trouble, and no one is giving up who was at fault. When it comes right down to the truth of the problem, it was in fact your son or daughter that caused the trouble, now what do you do? How do you handle this situation when you thought you knew your teen so well? It's not that easy to be told your teen was at fault, it not the easy to find out she or he was lying all this time. So now you know what happened on that night you gave your teen permission to go out with his or her friends, what will you do and say to your teen. Oh, you thought this was going to be easy, you never imagine this could happen to you and your family, well it did, now what. Sure now that everything is in the open and your teen has decided to come forward and tell the truth, you tell him or her how disappointed you are, you ground him or her, and then you tell yourself that everything will be alright. Will it? I want to say I hope so, but I'm not going to. What I am going to say it that if your teen had, had a curfew and went by rules you had set for him or her this whole mess may not have happened.

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