Teens with Diabetes

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Michael A. Harris. Teens with Diabetes

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Developmental Demands of Adolescence

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“I Wonder If She Likes Me?”

Teens are generally more focused on their social relationships than on their families. Much of social and moral learning comes from peers rather than parents, which is a shift from childhood, when parents were more influential. Data show that although there is some increase in parent-teen conflict during adolescence, parents can and should remain an important influence in the teen’s life. This influence is different from the influence parents have with younger children. With younger children, it is the spoken message of the parent that affects them. However, with teens, it is the parents’ behavior rather than what they say that carries the most weight. Parents often continue to try to “talk some sense” into their teens, as do professionals. It often seems like the teens only hear “wah, wah, wah,” as depicted when adults talk in Charlie Brown cartoons. Professionals may not realize that their reminders and lectures (though perhaps necessary) do not have the same impact on a teen as they have on a younger child.

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