Relationship+with+Parents

- As the adolescent shifts emotional ties from the family to peers a restructuring may take place in the parent-adolescent relationship. - Parents who expect problems with their children in the adolescent period sometimes fall into the trap of a self-fulfilling prophecy. - Alienation is disturbing to families, to adults members of the community, and to the adolescents themselves.

Websites that may help:

http://studentaffairs.case.edu/parents/new/relationship.html

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=240&np=296&id=2073