would say at the ages of 13-14 is a great time to slowly allow your child a bit more lead way on making big decisions. As time progresses your child should be able to prove themselves capable of making positive, and smart decisions for themselves. By the ages of !6-17 would be a great time for them to be making bigger decisions on their own, so by the age of 18 the child should be able to almost purely make decisions on their own.
From my personal opinion, I feel as if children who are more sheltered during their adolescence stage are the children who become more wild once they go to college or turn 18." freedom can lead to greater risk-taking behavior for children of overprotective parents, suggests TVOParents.com. Teens might be more likely
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Peer pressure can be for many things, such as feeling pressured to have sex before they are ready, and also knowing your peers are having sex at young age causes a negative influence on teenagers, because that makes them feel as if they should be doing it to. Bullying is an issue for teenagers, especially now that social media is so huge, it seems as if their is more bullying going on and it’s easier for bullies to be bullies. The peer pressure of drugs also is an issue. Not only are drugs and sex being pressured, but they are also being to normalized to teenagers, that some don’t even realize it’s wrong. It’s so normalized that teenagers start to think nothing bad could happen if they do it. Parent’s can take several actions during this time to help their children make good decisions. They can make sure their child feels loved, and comfortable enough for them to always be able to come talk to them, no matter the circumstances. Parents at times will try to scare their children out of making bad choices, this method has shown to be ineffective. “Providing information or “scare” tactics such as the DARE drugs prevention programs seem to have little positive effect and may even encourage curiosity and experimentation” (Woolfolk and Perry