Surviving the teenage years can be done

The American Counseling Association

Special to Village News

The teenage years are never easy for the teen or the parents. It’s a time of little communication beyond eye rolls, sullen silence and that infamous response, “whatever.” It’s a time when parents wonder if either party will survive this period.

It’s often very frustrating, but it can be easier if parents and teens recognize what jobs they each have now and how best to approach them.

A parent’s job is to raise a compassionate and competent adult who can handle the challenges of life and who has a sense of what it’s like from another pe...