Parents, Adolescents, and the Management of Anger

More mutual irritation can arise as youthful individuality and independence grow.

KEY POINTS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED :

• Growing distance, differentiation, and disagreement can increase anger between parent and teenager.
• Anger can result from judging that one was wronged by something unwanted, undeserved, or unfair.
• Anger is complicated to manage—it can be protective, but it can also be destructive.
• Eight common violations of well-being are described that can contribute to anger in response.

Adolescence is often a more emotionally charged time in the parent/child relationship as the young person changes on two developmental fronts: becoming increasingly individual and independent. As the girl or boy becomes more assertive in both ways, adolescence starts wearing down the old closeness and compatibility of childhood to which parent and child were long accustomed, creating more youthful freedom to develop.

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