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What issues and challenges do teenagers face today?

Please, have a think / discuss whilst everyone arrives.

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Parent and child relationships

Tips on how to survive the teenage years

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Changing roles

Consultant

Opportunities to make good choices

‘Power Mentality’

Peer pressure

Pornography

World of school

The digital world

Drugs

Bullying

Alcohol

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Understanding the teenage brain

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Communicating at all cost

Create and welcome opportunities

Negotiate boundaries

Conflict is not a failure - it’s normal

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Loving when living gets tough

The five love languages:

  • Thoughtful gifts
  • Quality time
  • Affirming words
  • Kind acts
  • Physical touch

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Looking after yourselves

Find support - seek help

Don’t take all the credit - don’t take all the blame

Just get through!

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