The Causes of Teenage Rebellion
It is very common for teenagers to experience a period of rebellion. Normal rebellious behavior develops over time, beginning with a teen wanting to be with friends more and disagreeing with parents more frequently. Problem rebellion is sudden and drastically out of character. Society stamps a "bad teen" label on rebellious teens. These teenagers are not always bad teens. To understand why teens rebel, one has to look past society's label and into teens' backgrounds and mental thoughts. There are numerous reasons why teens turn to rebellion. Different experiences in life can cause individual teens to react differently and possibly result in rebellion. Parents that are extremely strict are one of the main causes of rebellion. Most all teens, sometime in their life, feel like their parents have them on a leash when the teen's parents will not give the teen permission to do something they want to do. Parents are only being strict to shield their child from bad situations and influences; where as, the teen never sees it that way. Every teen wants to find identity and freedom. Parents are trying to keep their teenager from growing up too quickly. Teens can not understand why their parents will not let them go to
Gardner, Richard. "Still A Dad." Rye Hospital Program. (1998): n. pag. Online. Internet. 28 Oct. 1999. Available: http://www.divorcedfather.com/alienation.index.htm Teenage rebellion can be the result of psychological injury from a parent's divorce. So often, teens feel like their parent's divorce was their fault. While dealing with a divorce, teens not only sometimes blame themselves, but they become psychologically confused and full of anger. The anger teens feel toward their parents causes them to rebel and despise one of both of their parents for tearing the family apart. In severe cases, the teen's once love-bonded relationship with a parent is destroyed. Just like divorce, remarriage can sometimes be difficult for a teen to accept. A teen can develop anger towards one or both of their parents if the teen is not already enraged from the divorce early on. Teens sometimes find it very difficult to accept the members of their stepfamily as their own family. In this situation, rebellion makes it harder for the new family members to develop a close bond. Rebellion is seen quite often in teens that have been through an emotional ordeal like rape, verbal or sexual abuse. This kind of emotional trauma can cause teens to blame themselves for what happened and cause deep-seated feelings of anger and shame. Rebellion can occur when a teen feels there is no one they can trust or talk to. Rebellion is common among today's teenagers. Parents need to take acti
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