COPING WITH ADOLESENCE - VOCABULARY

When adolescents are making the transition to adulthood, their conduct can change a lot and can be difficult for parents. Teenagers need you to be supportive and sympathetic as they try to find their way towards independence. Encourage them to talk about their problems, but only in their own time and at their own pace. If you are wise, you will try to be consistent in the way you deal with them, and help them cope with the changes in their needs and emotions. And remember that it’s just a phase they’re going through.

Adolescence is the time in someone’s life when they develop from a child to an adult. An adolescent between the ages 13 and 19 is called a teenager. ( Adolescent, teenage adj)

Adulthood is the time in your life when you are no longer a child or teenager and become an adult. SYN grown-up; adult, (grown-up adj)