How often do we hear that teenager pregnancies have dramatically increased in TV, radio, and newspaper? Along with this are teenagers dropping out of school and they sell drugs at school. There are many reasons that cause these social problems. Peer groups pressure, friends, teachers, and the law are all contributing to the process of teenager making decision. Sometimes these factors are the major influences on them. However, parental ‘s influence is the most important key for young people to look up to make their decision. More than one million teens, most under the age of eighteen, run away from home every year. The reason is the lack of communication with parents. Sometimes teenagers want their parent listen to their needs. They often feel things are hopeless and that their parents would never understand. For example, my best girlfriend who used to think that she wasn’t smart enough to finish high school. Her parents rarely looked over homework with her when she needed them. They were not interesting to what she had to say. She told me her parents were so busy in their business world that she hardly talked with them when she had homework problems. However, once they talked to her, they used threats to get their messages across. For example, they told her that the next time she got D for any classes, they would take her phone line off. Also, she wouldn’t get to go out with her friends as well as cut off her allowances. As a result, she planned to drop out of school, and run away from her parent in the middle of our senior year in high school. She told me that she was no good to anyone, she got upset and fuss at home and it caused trouble for everyone. She had to run away to make everyone understand her. As you can see my friend’ s decision pretty much based on what her parent reactions. Therefore, parents need to get more involve in their teenagers life.Some people say control messages are effect...
