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Teen Relationships
Everyday we meet new people. We hang out with them because you like them or because one doesn’t have too much choice. You might not really like them, or not think much of them at all. Relationships are not only about whom you are "going with”. They are about how you interact with people every day. Your relationships could be close, supportive, and stressful or they may not mean anything to you.
Following are some key relationships a teenager may maintain:- Family
- Peers
- People at school or work
- Your love partner
- Your child or children
Think of all the people who can influence your life. You would then realize that all of the relationships have some effect on your life. This effect may be small or big. Following are the ways in which relations affect you.
- Make you feel valued and loved.
- Pep up your confidence.
- Create an understanding, respect, trust and care.
- Support you to try new things and writers, or discuss your opinions.
- Provide a safe place to learn about yourself.
Relationships can have an important impact on your health. If you have very supportive and loving relationships that can make you feel happy and satisfied.
Relationships also affect the way you feel about yourself and how you react to things that happen in everyday life. Staying aware of the way relationships affect you can help in making good choices regarding your health.
One hard thing about relationships is that you cannot control what the other person does. Relationships sometimes can also contribute to stress, depression, loss of self-esteem or confidence, and physical illness.
Healthy relationships Following are key ingredients for healthy relationships.- Respect – Learn to respect the opinion of others. You should also be able to express what you think and feel.
- Trust – This doesn’t mean blind trust. Try and trust people after you know them for a while.
- Honesty – Be open about what you think, feel and do.
- Safety – Try and stay safe from physical, emotional and other forms of harm.
- Equality – Try not to look for power in relationships. Feeling powerless or more powerful than the other person can affect you.
- Consistency – Try and stay the same with everyone, consistency makes a relationship strong.
- Value – You need to value and be valued by the other person.
- Security and Loyalty – you should feel safe on both sides of a relationship.