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Families most assuredly have not
escaped the changes taking place in
Night. students of all ages, are encour- die rest of society. One of the most
“Over 80 representatives have aged to attend this most informa- significant changes have been ... as
been invited to participate in this tive night at Alvin High School,” * society we seem to be evolving
program this year,” said Alvin said Stracener. into a more democratic system.
High School Lead Counselor For more information about Institutions, values and traditional
Judy Stracener.. 0 . 030 g . . College Night, call Stracener at “concepts of authority, respect and,
“College Night is offered to 281-331-8151. . traditions have been challenged. As
Various ethnicities, genders and Research suggests and years pf and relationship building tech-
groups have struggled to be treated experience point to the following: niques to assist in parenting your
as equalsaby observation, we are neither “weathering the storm” nor teen.
teaching our children the very same “getting tough or hard-core” If you need assistance or have
modes of democratic thought! I will improve most parent-teen relation- questions about how to begin to
concur that the democratic changes ships. change communication and interac-
may fall and rise, and no two people In fact, both approaches probably tion with your teen, contact a men-
will hold the same beliefs or atti- guarantee that family life may dete- tal health professional which can be
Many times as parents we enjoy tudes, but as we see, people in our riorate. Why? Simply because nei- located in the counseling section of
our children’s infancy and child- society will continue to demand to ther approaches encourage more the yellow pages of your local
hood ... and then those teen years be treated as equals, with our teens effective communication and teach directory
emerge. right in the middle of that battle. teenagers to become responsible for Debi King is a licensed profes-
Often it seems like all of a sudden Parent-teen relationships have themselves. lional counselor fncuring On rOj!-
we are faced with conflict, def- been dramatically affected and Over the next month, we will dren and family issues at SAFE-T
ance, rebellion, and our children changed by these belief systems. So review and discuss more positive Counseling CENTER in Alvin.
have this overwhelming need to feel much so, that today’s parents are
independent of us as parents. often not as able to control their
How many times do we%atch teen easily and effectively. The
ourselves saying to our teen, “look “demanding and authoritarian”
at all I do for you, I provide and approach may have worked for
feed you, run you here and there, “their” parents, but today, often it
and the least you could do is ...”? simply does not work and can cre-
Parenting teens in today's world ate more aggression and rebellion
is tough and definitely challenging, in our children.
to put it mildly. To understand Nearly all parents want to
where these kids are coping from, improve their relationships with
we must first examine our world their teenagers, but many are lost
and how it has, influenced our chil- and don’t know what else to try.
dren. i Misunderstandings and lack of
The technological and sociologi- information are great contributors
cal changes that have occurred to troubled relationships. Parents
greatly affected parenting. It is true, often assume that teens are rebel-
teenagers have always been lious by nature and impossible to
exposed to information, people, live with.
activities, and people that challenge Parents can feel or think the best
the families’ standards and values - approach is to hold tight and weath-
but never so much as they are chai- er the storm - and simply hope they
lenged today. can get back on track after their
Parents whose own teen years do teens leave home. Others assume
not feel so long ago are finding that teenagers can be forced to obey
their children growing up in a a parent’s will. Family harmony,
changed world. These changes have they believe, can be achieved by
created great advantages and bene- getting tough, giving orders in a
fits to our society, but not without a loud voice, demanding respect
Alvin High School will host give students and parents the
the annual College Night on opportunity to gather informa-
Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 tion about many schools, all
p.m in the cafeteria at Alvin under one roof.
High School. The college/university repre-
The Alvin High School coun- sentatives encourage questions
selors, the National Honor from students and parents. Most
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