Seema Gupta - Teenage Parenting: Bridging the Generation Gap

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At V&S Publishers, it has been our constant endeavour to bring forth books which are rich in content, affordably priced and ever so interesting. This book, however, is a special effort by us to contribute to the society we live in. Through this unique piece of work, thoughtfully and beautifully carved out by our respected author, Seema Gupta, we sincerely hope to resolve the conflict between the teenagers and their parents, particularly in our Indian society, as we feel that unlike the Western countries, our society, in terms of its new interests and diverse exposure is still in its nascent stages and teenagers as well as parents need to make a constant and continuous effort to bridge this generation gap which has become more prominent over the last decade with the Western culture seeping in.

Parenting or rearing children, especially during their teens, is indeed a tough and challenging job! These are the years when there is a complete mental and physical transformation in a child's personality and behaviour. As children step out from their long period of completely sheltered childhood, they start feeling independent with their own set of ideas, values, whims and fancies, and likes and dislikes. They begin to develop their individual thinking and perceptions.

With children needing to take big decisions regarding their future and career, teenage thus, furthermore becomes a crucial period. The problem, however, arises due to constant conflict in interests and opinions of teenagers and parents with both being right and wrong at the same time in their own perspectives.

Keeping in mind our Indian society and in view of this ever rising problem of Teenage Parenting, the author in this book has uniquely presented the views and grievances of the teenagers and their parents in the form of interesting and simple Diary Entries. These entries have been accompanied with a Counsellor's advice and a Parental Tip at the end of each entry in which an experienced counsellor gives the required advice to the teenager and his or her parent depending upon the issue concerned. This further gives a third person perspective to the addressed problem and proposes a feasible solution to the whole conflict.

We all are aware that there develops a generation gap between parents and children as they grow up and step into their teens. This gap has to be bridged by some deep thinking and understanding, both by the parents and their wards collectively. Teenagers should respect the feelings and aspirations of their parents, and the parents also should try to be less rigid and demanding on their part. The author suggests that both the parties should sit together as often as they can, just as friends, and discuss their viewpoints, problems, etc., and also debate on them, if required in a healthy atmosphere and then reach to an amicable consensus or solution.

We hope the book will serve the purpose effectively and compel our readers to go through it again and again, irrespective of their age, colour, sex or cultural background and hopefully will act as a handbook for parents and teenagers reference during conflicting scenarios.

I dedicate this book to all those adolescents who are enduring
this most important phase of life and their parents who
support them unconditionally with love and care.