Developing a Healthy Relationship With a Teenage

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How was your relationship with your parent or guardian as teenager? Was it beneficial? Was it fulfilling? Was it healthy? Was it toxic?

I remember vividly how my relationship with my parents changed during my teen hood years. I even thought no one ever knew me! I felt misunderstood and judged by everyone. I think for the first time in my life I felt lost. I was always eager to fit in with my peers and to look cool. I hoped to have a sense of belonging and to feel that people who were the same age as mine understood me.

Every teenage experiences life differently. Teenage girls have moments they feel they are unable to believe, trust or understand themselves. This is because of the biological development of the body and hence the emotional switch

Research by the U.S department of health & human services shows development of healthy relationships during adolescents prepares teenagers for healthy relationships as they become adults. This shows that evidently the relationships we are exposed to growing up shape the relationships we are in growing up.

For me, as a teenage girl I really found my parent old fashioned. We had more than one fight over the clothes I choose to wear. Now that I have grown up my relationship with my parents have changed. However, it was when I was a teenager that I learned how to understand myself and how unique I was.

Princess Princessa Program, gives a teenage girl an opportunity to navigate her emotions and fully understand herself. The girl is able to articulate herself, her ideas and who she is as she develops her identity. Phelista Muthoni, a parent of a teenage daughter shares below how the program has impacted her daughter’s life. Learn on how to use natural remedies to enjoy healthy and an inspiration on the relationship importance of nurturing a relationship with a mother on Get This.

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I Have Regained Mutual Trust and Love With My Teenage Daughter
 

- FROM A PARENT’S PERSEPCTIVE

My 13 year old daughter seemed to be going through some difficulty in how she was processing her emotions. Although we are very close, it seemed like something was eluding me. I took her to Alabastron to understand her better and to have clarity on what she was facing. She was having emotional challenges; she looked sad and stressed most of the time. She was dropping in her school work and was beginning to be an easy target for bullies.

During the Princess Princessa progam, she was happier than she had been in ages. She looked lighter and fearless as she downloaded every issue in her heart to the coach and in the small groups. As she listened to others, she realized she was not the only one facing teenage hood issues. That realization came as a shock to her and she realized that she can overcome her challenge with a good support.

She looked lighter and fearless as she downloaded every issue in her heart to the coach ...She is now easier to relate to. We are friends. She now shares her challenges with me effortlessly.

She is now easier to relate to. We are friends. She now shares her challenges with me effortlessly. She even requests to see a counselor when she feels overwhelmed. This self-awareness made us understand that the anxiety and ADHD medication have enabled become more efficient. This made us realize that our decision to not medicate when she was younger was costing us our daughter. Her school performance has improved. She is less secretive.

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The nature of human beings being social beings alludes to the fact that they need relationships; both romantic and platonic; to survive. This sense of belonging and being in something bigger than yourself plays a huge role in feeling whole and complete. But the relationship we have with our mothers will remain unique and special. More so, if it was a healthy relationship.

According to Iyanla Vanzant says that, one of the most important relationships we’ll have is the relationships with our mothers. This, I would say, is because she is the first person you bond with even before you are born and when you are little you get to interact with her a lot as in most cases she takes care of you. This bond is strengthened as the child grows up. In teenage hood we get to struggle in this relationship because of various reasons. Some reasons look unthinkable yet they matter to us.

This relationship should take its form as the individuals in it change because without changing then it doesn’t accommodate life. Hence, our relationship with our mothers should be one that we seek to heal if there is hurt, to mend if there is brokenness, to grow if it needs to change and most important to treasure!

 
I Have Regained Mutual Trust and Love With My Teenage Daughter
My 13 year old daughter seemed to be going through some difficulty in how she was processing her emotions. During the Princess Princessa progam, she was happier than she had been in ages. Phelista Muthoni, shares on how her journey of enrolling her daughter for the Princess Princessa program
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