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    Raising Each Other: A Book for Teens and Parents
    Raising Each Other: A Book for Teens and Parents
    Raising Each Other: A Book for Teens and Parents
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    Raising Each Other: A Book for Teens and Parents

    By Jeanne Brondino

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateFeb 17, 1993
    ISBN9781630268633
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      Raising Each Other - Jeanne Brondino

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      TEENS’ BIGGEST PROBLEMS

      RENEE: A SCENARIO

      It was a school night and Renee was sitting in her room. She felt as if she would explode, because she knew what would happen to her later in the evening. Her hands were cold and clammy and her stomach was in knots. She was only seventeen years old and already failing in this world.

      Her heart jumped to her throat as she heard the front door open, then slam shut. Dad was home and she was in for it. Her mother had called him at work to tell him what had happened—he had not been very pleased with what he had heard. Now Renee heard his bellowing voice as he called for her to come out of her room. . .

      At one time or another in our lives, most of us have felt the way Renee does. That terrible feeling that everything is going all wrong and no one understands is one we’ve all experienced. Life’s problems, tough at any age, seem more than just tough during adolescence. But that’s what being a teenager is all about.

      This chapter is based on twenty-two essays written by high school students about their three biggest problems. In reading and re-reading the papers, the Parent/Teen Book Group found that the problems mentioned most often were parents and school. Next came friends, a category covering a wide range of concerns about teens’ relationships with their peers. Most papers discussed these three things in one way or another, and the following essay is typical.

      >>> PARENTS, SCHOOL, FRIENDS. . .

      Today’s teenagers’ biggest problems have to do with their parents, work in school, and their friends.

      Teenagers have many problems but one of the biggest problems they have is with their parents. Nowadays teenagers like to get what they want, and if they don’t, they would get mad and start to throw things around. Some parents just don’t let teenagers have any fun. They won’t let you go out until they have met the guy you’re going out with. Parents just don’t trust us teenagers any more. And when teenagers can’t take it any more they run away. I have a friend who had a boyfriend who is black. Her parents are totally against black people and when they found out about her boyfriend, they kicked her out.

      The second biggest teenage problem is about school. They can’t keep up with the work because of their boyfriends or other friends. It causes a big problem. Some teachers just give a lot of homework and they don’t understand that students have other homework in other classes. It takes a lot of time from us teenagers even though it is good for us. But then we should think about the quote, Business before pleasure.

      The other biggest problem for teenagers is their friends, which turn into enemies sometimes. A lot of friends depend on other friends too much. I sometimes feel like my friends are just using me for things, but when I have a problem they help me. I’ve known a friend for about six or seven years and she just started to flip out. Once she met a guy and started to go out with him, she would have me take her to his house in my car. I’ve tried to talk to her but she just won’t talk to me. I considered her as a best friend a long time ago, but now I don’t talk to her any more. It hurt me for a while but I still have other friends.

      All of these problems are capable of being solved. Some teenagers are too confused to solve their own problems. That’s what counselors and Dear Abbeys are for. I should know about these problems because I’m a teenager myself and I’ve had to solve these problems without any help.

      As this paper shows, all three areas—parents, school, and friends—are interrelated. Parents have an effect on their teenagers’ relationships with friends; friends have an effect on teens’ schoolwork, and so on. But it is also clear from the essays that if these three areas concern teens the most, the real hot spot when it comes to talking about their problems is their

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