How to trust your teen when out with friends

We all have been teenagers before and know how we felt in our teen years. This is a difficult time for teens, more peer pressure than when we were growing up. These are 3 easy steps to help you gain your child's trust.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Know how your teen is feeling.
• Communication
• Know your teen friends.

1. In order to trust your teen, you should have direct communication with them at all times. Let your teen know they can talk to you about anything. Know your teen friends. Set rules and stick to them. Rules are not meant to be broken if you want them to take you serious. Be a parent first and a friend later after they grow up. Don't make accusations. Teens want to talk also, instead of being talked at.
2. Have your teen call you when they get to their destination and remind them again of their curfew. Have them call when they are on their way home. After the rules are set and they continue to follow these rules it will become a habit for your teen and they will always come home on time.
3. With these simple rules, you have gained your child's trust and they too will trust that you will not be nagging them by cell phone, trying to find out their every move. When they leave the house, and you recieve your phone call from them letting you know they are safe, you will find yourself more relaxed than worried. This too will let your child know that they are truly loved and cared for by you.

Tips & Warnings

• After that phone call, do not call their cell phone every 10 minutes wondering what they are doing and are they getting in trouble. If you know their friends and you know your teen is a great teen, then you can trust and believe your teen is in good company. You know the saying "Birds of A Feather Flock Together". Trust your teen can make the right choices.