Teen Parenting
 youth, adolescent, teenager, and young person are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occassionaly differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither childhood nor adulthood, but rather, somewhere in-between. A teenager or teen is a person whose age is a number ending in teen in the English language: that is to say, someone from the age of 13 to the age of 19.Many argue that in Western culture, a distinct youth culture has developed. This culture is often distinctly different from the mainstream culture, sometimes in rebellion against it, and thus is often referred to as a subculture or counterculture. This rebellion is also referred to as youth voice, and is used in positively ways, including youth leadership and youth participation activities. |
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Parenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. This is usually done in a child's family by the mother and/or father (i.e., the biological parents). Where parents are unable or unwilling to provide this care, it is usually taken on by close relatives, such as older siblings, aunts and uncles, or grandparents. In other cases, children may be cared for by adoptive parents, foster parents, godparents, or in institutions (such as group homes or orphanages).
Parenting typically utilizes rewards, praise, and discipline or punishment as tools of behavioral control. Most child development experts now agree that corporal punishment is not an effective behavior modification tool, and many parents have adopted non-physical approaches to child discipline. In some jurisdictions, corporal punishment (e.g., spanking or whipping) has been prohibited by law.
The "Taking Children Seriously" philosophy sees both praise and punishment as manipulative and harmful to children and advocates other methods to reach agreement with them.
