| Defiance is failure to comply with your request within a | | | | nature and their teenager is the exact opposite. This |
| reasonable period. Defiance is failure to complete the | | | | will be a source of conflict leading to arguments and |
| task requested. Defiance is failure to observe rules set. | | | | then developing into a defiance attitude from the |
| In Out Of Control Teen guide, we shall try to | | | | teenager. |
| understand a bit more with regards to defiance. Here | | | | Stress is always a fuel for conflict. When under stress |
| are some factors that can contribute to teenager | | | | the parent’s patience and tolerance may be |
| defiance: | | | | sapped even for minor misbehavior. If stress is not |
| -- Teenager’s characteristic | | | | managed, such conflict will occur more frequently |
| -- Parent’s characteristic | | | | leading to the teenager putting up defensive shield in |
| -- Stress | | | | the form of a defiance attitude. |
| -- Parenting method | | | | Your parenting method can be a source of conflict as |
| Some characteristics are inborn like personality and | | | | well. Every parent does set certain expectation on |
| temperament. You will find that some teenagers are | | | | their teenager and the parenting method reflects that |
| just more easily frustrated and irritable by events | | | | expectation. Example a parent expects their teenager |
| around them. They also can get angry faster and are | | | | to do well in school and their parenting method will set |
| more emotional than others. These teenagers can be | | | | the conditions that will ensure that their teenager will do |
| easily provoked which lead them to develop a more | | | | well in school. When teenagers grow up, it is natural for |
| defiance attitude in defense. | | | | them to have a more independence streak. This will |
| Likewise, the parent’s characteristic also plays an | | | | lead to the teenager becoming more defiance when |
| important factor here. If there is a big mismatch on the | | | | the condition set by the parent restricts their |
| parent and teenager character, this may lead to | | | | independence. |
| conflicts. Example the parents are very organize in | | | | |