Teenagers telling their problems to their friends instead of parents?

i seriously dont think its all that good idea to tell friends about the problems that the teenagers normally face at their age.although they might certainly feel that we cant disclose certain things to our parents as in disclosing it to our friends would certainly be a better option than revealing to parents.i guess teenagers ought to tell everything to their parents because they understand their kids better as they might have also faced these situations at some point of time in their life...

see a lot parents forget they once was a teenager and they told their friends their problems our children today will also do the same and sometimes other children don,t have good advice to give our kids because they too is probably having problems with their family too.therefore they can receieve the wrong information from friends and this is where some students get in trouble with there parents because of the advice they have receieved from their friends thats not alway correct.no i perfer to tell my problems to god who always listen and give good advice.

I think in general, this is true. I won't be a teenager after next year, but I can tell you why I often avoid talking to my parents abou my problems; In certain instances, I knew that they'd yell at me and only have something negative to contribute (sometimes they'd even make the problems worse). It's true that my Dad hardly knows me that well, and my Mom's sometimes too wrapped up in herself to be able to honestly connect with me and understand. ...mind you, I haven't had that much more awesome of luck with other people that I call "friends" either, which is why I make it a policy to handle as much as I can myself...and only go to friends if something's so serious I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it. Parents then, are usually the last resort. All teenager's situations are unique. Many teenagers -- whether it's accurate for their situations or not -- feel that they can't turn to anyone at all, let alone their parents. They feel alone and don't really know what else to do.

Yes it's really true that most teens now are telling their problems to friends instead of their parents. I wish they change such attitude because you know, not all friends are true and sometimes even they cause harm by being a bad influence to teens. I have 2 teens and I feel sometimes that they're not telling me everything, only they are trading each other about secrets and stuffs instead of their friends.

This is very depending on how parents communicate with their children, remember nowadays is very different from old times, teenagers now very open minded and can get any kind of information from outside. If parents cannot handle the right way to communicate with their child, then yes... they will put parents behind and look for other people to consult their problem. And one more thing, teenagers seems to spend more time with their friend than with parents at home... in the long run, this result in a bonds or relation which more stronger than parent. They will feel friends is more important and more caring then their own parents.

My 14 year old would not share anything with us. But I did the same to my parents. We tell him all the time that we are here to listen, and that we went throught the same things. But to no avail. He is a good kid, so I do not worry too much.

hi swarovski wellI am way past the teens, way way past. but when I was a teen on the farm, I had only onechoice, tellmy problems to my parents or keep them to myself, I rarely told my teen aged best friend, but now teens do tell each other their problems long before they will tell their parents, maybe todays parents arent as available as my parents were too. I could always go to my mom as she didnt work outside the home. today in order to make ends meet most everyone has to work. so many moms are not home until almost dinnertime.

My best friends.They have the similar bother,and have tha similar interesting and mind.So,we have the same topic.And won't blame each other.Hehe,we like the feeling .

Yes most kids do that because they think that their parents won't understand them. They tell their friends because they almost have the same problems and most of the youth today actually think that times were different before and people who lived before might find it hard to understand them. I think if the older people were more open minded more kids would actually tell them their problems.

Yes. It is definitely true. I am a teenager and really hardly ever talk tomy parents. I think that most teens are afraid to tell their parents stuff because they could get in trouble for it. My parents seem to like holding things against me, so I just dont tell them stuff anymore.

I prefer to tell my friend and if they can't help tell your parents about your problems.

yes.. teenagers tend to confide their problems with peers instead of parents.. just like my sister, she shares her problems with me and with some close friends at school.. i know how she really feels because i've experienced some of her dilemmas too.. as her big sister, i give her advices that i know somehow will help her solve them. my sister doesn't want to share her probs with mom since she knows mom is quite sensitive when it comes to relationship thingy..

I prefer talking with my friend to tell my parents too when I was young,generation gap is difficult to aviod.Your thought affected by your age,so people make friends of the same age easily,they have same sense of worth.

Though my parents love me so much but i think there are always generation gaps between us , and some problems can probably give them worry and let them feel sad with me. But if i tell a imitate friend ,he or she will think it from a different point of view and he can give me help i need probably.So,for me,i will choose my friends to tell their my problems and tell my parents good and exciting news they want to know to make them feel happy,too.

This is typical teenage behavior. When we were growing up we forgot that our parents were once teens themselves. Doesn't matter what the problem is, our parents didn't know squat. Now neither do we. It is a cycle that when they have kids will come back and bite them in the hiney too. What was the saying? I think it was Mark Twain.."the older I got the smarter my parents became." At this point my mom is my closest confidant (after my hubby) so I talk to her.

I prefer to tell my problems to my girlfriend first, then some days later when I will be a bit confident, I will convey everything to my parents and finally to my friends. But one must never restrict problems to oneself. We must always voice out if we are in tough situation. Because its human itself which will come to help to another human. So never hide anything in life friends.

i consider my dad is my first best frend and i guess i have never hided anything from my dad,so if parents understand their child problem without ruling out blindly then ofcourse he willl feel free to open up himself and exchange the ideas!!!!according to me if a child gets afraid seeing their parents then they are waste and their grooming is faulty!!! They should be friendly and besides strict and impose discipline

Yup..I think all the teenagers tell their problems to their friends,and maybe a briefed version to their parents.My parents barely know me that well.Compared to my friends,its like they know nothing.I prefer telling my friends,we can relate a lot.Sometimes I feel like my parents have forgotten their teenage years or that times have really really changed.

i read in time magazine that this generation's teenagers nowadays are closer to their parents than those generations before them, but somehow i think friends are still the preferred confidantes, for me anyway. its just that when i talk to my parents about my worries they seem to feel the need to give advice: how to fix it, how to cope with it if it's beyond fixing, that sort of thing. but most of the time i'm only ranting. i just need to air it out. i don't really need advice on how to deal: nine times out of ten i already figured a way out, and when i need help i do say it directly. they see the relationship between us as strictly mom/dad-kid, not confidante-confider. and it's annoying most of the time. anyway, with friends its easier to be your true self. it's easier to talk about embarrassing stuff with them, because most of the time they're there to see it anyway and you'd know that similar stuff happens to them too on a per-minute basis.

Hi buddies, Yes, i agree that teenagers will not tell their problems to parents but they tell their frnds.Whenever teenagers faces a problem they will tell to frnds, parents will not understands their feelings.As teenagers feels that every thing has to tells to their frnds only but not parents.So,what about you?