by Kontiki Brown

Created on: October 21, 2009

The teen years, are those years when teens are just finding themselves and are trying to make a way. For the most part, these years are the most complexed years, seeing as what teens deal with during this time. Puberty and emotions all come to a halt around these years, leaving teens in a stage of confusion. Most parents know their teens pretty good, but there is still that mystery and awkwardness that is there. Most teens start going through the stage of withdrawing and becoming distant. This is what makes being involved in a teens life more difficult. Contrary to popular belief, parents do have this thing where they can sense when something is going on. But even with it, parents have to dig a little deeper, because the closer they get, the more withdrawn the teen becomes. This is the time when parents have to begin to plan a way to get answers, especially when you think that they're teen is in a abusive relationship.

A good sign that a teen may be in abusive relationship is, if they begin to distance themselves for no apparent reason. A lot of times, they do this to keep the parents suspicions down. In actuality, this makes what's going on noticeable and start having the parents think if they weren't before. Mannerism is another thing that goes a long with this, if the teen was very polite and had manners, and those begin to do a 360, where the begin to rebel and become totally disrespectful, this could indicate an abusive relationship. The teen is trying so hard to keep it under conceals, and they begin to take it out on someone else, because they can't take it out on their abuser because of fear.

If a teens overall appearance begins to change, this could be a definite sign that they may be in an abusive relationship. If they begin to wear bigger, bagger, or even darker clothes, that's a sign. Many times they will try and cover up if they have physically abused. This is when the questioning should really begin, this a dead giveaway.

When a teen begins to become more secretly than normal, this is another sign to parents. If they all of a sudden begin to disappear more, like going to their room or is always in a rush to get out of the house away their parents, this could mean that they're hiding something. Its alright to let it go a few times, but if it starts to become a habit, it should really be looked into.

Although teens could be in a abusive relationship and continue to try and hide it from their parents, they will still endure the abuse given by their

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