For this task, imagine that you have been contacted by social services to contribute to their materials for parents (biological, adoptive, and foster) of teenagers. They asked you to provide a blog that gives concrete tips for parents that reflect the latest research findings on cognitive, social, emotional and moral development in adolescents by answering the following questions they received from parents. They want the blog to be written in question and answer format:
- What can I do to best support my teenager in their social development?
- What are some of the warning signs that my teenager may be struggling with their mental health?
- What activities can I do with my teenager to promote optimal social and emotional development?
- What are the best ways to discipline my teenager?
- My teen is expressing gender confusion and/or changing their gender identification, how do I handle that?
- Many parents really want to do what’s right—but what used to work with my child no longer works with my teenager. How do I adjust my parenting as my children age?