In today's world, is it more difficult to raise good teenagers?

Parents with teens often warn me: ';just wait until your little ones reach their teens!';





I feel frightened sometimes. My folks didn't have this attitude when I was a teen. Is it more difficult now for parents to raise a good teenager?In today's world, is it more difficult to raise good teenagers?
I think that the whole family values concept has really been drug through the mud. Many parents complain that their teens are rude, disrespectful and rebellious. What they tend to forget is that parents teach by example. Many parents say ';do as I say not as I do'; which is totally teaching them the wrong message. Children will learn what they see day to day, and if its bad or ugly, they will learn to be bad and ugly. Teenagers naturally go through a lot of attitude changes, and are challenging regardless but it doesn't help when the parents are still partying or shoving people in stores and not saying ';excuse me';. When I'm out shopping the rudest people are Moms in stores, even when I say excuse me when I walk in front of someone - its almost never returned or accepted. We need to look at ourselves before we place all of the blame on our children.In today's world, is it more difficult to raise good teenagers?
Media influence undoubtedly plays a role. My father has raised my sister and I from our early teens and he is always getting ocmpliments on how well behaved and respectful we are. Parents must be up against so much pressure and teens feel the same (most girls think they have to have the same kind of fun as say, Paris Hilton et al) but the key is to stay levelheaded and teach children respect.





But there's always rebel-children and the pressure of non conforming aswell, and right now the most difficult children seem to be the 'emo kids' because they're SUPPOSED to say ';**** you'; to parents, just like every other generation. Parenting is a job that doesn't ask for thanks.
It depends on the parenting. This question can remain unanswered, but in my opinion the more we take Christ out of our lives the harder it will be as a parent or a teenager.
I think so, because they are susceptible to so many more negative influences, like porn and all kinds of dangerous %26amp; illegal stuff on the computer, ragingly violent movies %26amp; video games. Plus parents aren't allowed to discipline their kids because the kid can call ';child abuse'; and the parent is terrified of going to jail.
It depends. Most parents these days are way too lenient and thats why they end up with a pregnant 15 year old. Just make sure your kids know what's right and wrong, and enforce the rules.
parenting has become a little challenging. negative images are shown on the media, it's hard to teen to get away from the influence. but if you are a good parent, and know how to supervise your children, it shouldn't be a big problem.
For most parents i say yes. They are scared of punishment for a child. No spankings because it can damage them mentally, i was spanked when i was younger and i'm well and fine. Time outs can cause them to feel left out or alone or cause them to have social problems. I also had times i'm a very social person. Some parents just let kids run wild now days. I'm a young mother, which is most of the ones you see going crazy, but it makes me so mad, when i go to the grocery store and you have a child running around screaming or something and all the parents do is say stop or something, and they keep doing it. Behavior problems start younger, it doesn't just happen as a teen. If you instill good behavior in your child as a child it will stay with them their whole life.
yes - i think that it is harder than it used to be. too much media influence %26amp; too little physical activity!