In an interview with the nurse, a mother states that she is concerned that her 14-year-old teen is critical and finding fault with her. The nurse counsels the mother that:
a. the family needs to change its value system to meet the teenager's changing needs.
b. the parent–teen relationship is important for the teenager and conflicts are to be expected.
c. teenagers create psychological distance from the parent to separate from the parent.
d. parents need to relinquish their relationship with their teenager to the teen's peers.
C
The teenager uses critical and fault-finding behavior as a mechanism to separate from the parent and become independent. Changing the family's value system to meet the teenager's needs is not realistic and will result only in the teenager's being critical of the new system. The parent–teen relationship is not as important to the teenager as it was in earlier years. Friends and peers become more important. Parents should not relinquish their relationship with their teenager to the teen's peers. Maintaining a consistent parental relationship with the adolescent is important.
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