Anonymous wrote:Friend groups and social skills are incredibly important, Successful adults do not spend the majority of their adolescent free time with their parents.
I have two teens, one in high school and one in middle school. While they do not spend the majority of their time with their parents, it is good for the parents to be around and offer support. Teens can stray.
I have one teen who has the best friend group and one teen who has been bouncing around groups. He is/was in the popular toxic rich kid group.
The pressure for teens are an all time high whether it is academics, sports or interests your child is in. All my kids are gunning for top colleges so the pressure to excel is on.