Teen Help-Divorced Parents

Many teenagers feel they don't have any contact withbe quite "good" parents.
their parents, especially if their parents are divorced.My own parents were always fighting from the first
When their parents get divorced they usually finddays of my life, and they even made me participate in
another companion, and things start being rough for thetheir discussions, asking me whom I would rather
kids, who feel they lost their family, the protection theyprefer to live with...I always felt that they were
had, the stability of their lives and the importance theyimmature and I had to be very tolerant with them! I
had for their parents.helped them get divorced when I was 14 years old
A very tragic situation begins when the divorcedbecause their lives together were a real disaster. They
parents get married with divorced people that haveshould never have married in their lives! And my
kids from their first wedding and a real mess ofexistence was a very big irony that made them insist
brothers and sisters that don't feel anything for eachon living together, while one of them should have lived
other start being part of the teens' life, besides thein the North and the other, in the South. There was no
mother-in-law and the father-in-law they acquire.connection! Their personalities were totally different.
Since divorces as soon as their kids grow up are verySo, you'd better accept that many times a marriage
common in our days, teenagers with divorced parentscan really be a very big mistake. It is a mistake that
are very common everywhere and these numberspeople make when they are young and foolish, but
tend to increase because in modern times it's veryone they have to continue bearing if they have kids
easy for anyone to get back the freedom they hadand a sense of responsibility toward them. Many
before marriage (while in the past a divorce was a bigparents simply get divorced as soon as they
adventure against society, which could not accept it)understand they have made a mistake, even if their
and most people don't choose the right person whenkids are only babies at the time. Sometimes, they don't
they get married. When they realize they made a bighave another choice...and we cannot blame anyone.
mistake by getting married to this wrong person, theyUsually however, we see that many parents stay
have to wait the kids grow up a little bit at least, somarried only because they love their kids who need a
that the children will be able to cope with their divorce.family. They make a sacrifice for them, but it cannot
And as soon as they feel their kids don't need ascontinue forever.
much protection and care as they used to before,We cannot say they are wrong because they decide
they don't think twice--their freedom is the mostto wait until their kids grow up, but we cannot say that
important thing in the world! They need to have it back,their position is right either, because this way their kids
no matter what!are like terrible executioners who oblige them to live in
With the divorce, teens have to accept seeing theirtheir family's prison. The solution would be a big
mother dating another man and their father dating acomprehension of the situation from both sides and a
girlfriend. A horrible competition between the kids anddecision to solve the existent problems. If parents and
lovers begins. If the teens show their disgust, theirteens were united, they would find good solutions for
parents don't stop dating their companion; rather, theytheir problems and nobody would feel so hurt, but what
fight with their children, thinking that they are not tryingusually happens is that the divorced parents are
to understand how they feel. So, instead of beingenemies who only condemn one another...
supportive towards their kids, the parents ask for theirMy advice to you is to simply forget about your
kid's support instead, in a matter that they cannot reallyparents and try to live your own life without making
help them with, because they are the ones that needtheir mistakes. Don't provoke fights or try to compete
help in this situation.with their girlfriends or boyfriends, don't condemn them
A lot of anger, nervousness, and misunderstandingsand don't show them your revolt. In fact, don't feel any
ruin the teens' life at the time when they are trying torevolt because nobody is responsible for marring the
experiment with their own freedom, like birds whowrong person in their lives when they are too young
finally grew up enough to fly by themselves.and too ignorant. I wanted to avoid making this mistake
Yet, they have no intention to do anything about thevery much, but I got married to the wrong person as
way they feel...well, even though I had my parent's example to learn
If you are one of them, I can help you with myfrom. It's very difficult to choose the person with whom
knowledge. My experience with teenagers isyou plan to live forever when you are only in the
extensive, and I can tell you how you can get rid ofbeginning of your life!
your uneasiness.Accept your parents like you accept your own friends
By interpreting many people's dreams, I have verywhen they make mistakes. They are simply human
clearly seen their world, daily problems, psychicbeings, nothing more than mere human beings...
problems, mistakes and fears. So, the first thing I haveTry to understand how they feel and don't demand
to tell you is that nobody studies several subjects inanything. Focus only on your own behavior and on
order to specifically learn how to be a parent, andwhat you want to achieve in your life. Take care of
most people don't even qualify for that rule, evenyour future and learn a lot, without any complaint.
though they have many kids and they may seem to