The trouble with Parenting Teenagers in Upper Middle-Class Prospective

1. Trouble with
Parenting Teenagers
in Upper Middle
Class Prospective
Research Topic

2. Target Group Profile
Teenagers
Student
Target Group
Upper Middle Class
Family
Parents
Jobholder
Homemaker
Location
Asadgate, Dhaka

3. Research Questions (Points of concerns)
1) What are the
common reasons
behind the
conflict between
parents and
teenagers ?
2) What are
the major
conflicts ?
3) What are the
probable
guidelines for
both of the
generation to
solve this crisis?

4. 68
GenerationGap
70.7%
41
70.7%
41
ExpectationGap
CulturalDifferences
CommunicationGap
TheincreaseofFamily
Disturbance
Alwaysthinking
'Iamright'
31%
18
32.8%
19
25.8%
15
1.7%
1
What is the main reason for misunderstanding between teens and parents in your point of view? (You
may choose more than one)
Generation gap
and quality
time/communic
ation gap often
play a vital role
behind the
argument.
Example- a teenage
boy who reads
stories in pdf files
on his smartphone,
while his parent
thinks that he,
always, is locked in
front of the mobile
screen by using
social media

5. 68
Studyissue74.1%
43
63.8%
37
SocialmediaInternetissue
Timeissue
Friendissue
Religionissue
Dress-codeissue
32.8%
19
32.8%
19
15.5%
9
12.1%
7
What is the prime topic behind conflicting with your teenage children/parents-in your point of view?
(You may choose more than one)
As per analysis result,
study issue is the
dominant purpose
behind the argument,
which was in our
society from the very
beginning.
At the same time, it
has been observed
that social
media/internet issue is
ranked in the second
majority position. In
this modern era, It is
the dominated culprit
among all because it
has been taking away
costly time from
teenagers’ study
hours.

6. No87.3%
48
12.7%
7
Yes
It has been observed that
87.3 % of teenagers unable to
express everything to their
parents, which is the root
cause of all conflicts. When a
teen unable to share
everything with his/her
parent, there has to be a
communication gap. As there
remains the communication
gap, there will be
understanding and
expectation gap
automatically.
Do you
share
everything
with your
parents?
No
52.7%
29
47.3
26
Yes
Do your parents disclose your
personal activities, relations etc.
to other persons without your
permission, which makes you
uncomfortable?

7. 68
Protestyouwithlogic
61.9%
13
52.4%
11
Protestyouwith
aggressiveness
Donottalkback.
Protestyouwith
emotion
28.6%
6
38.1%
8
When you advise your teen children against their argument, they
(you may choose more than one)
The second larger
percentage is
‘protesting with
aggressiveness’.
The result
embodies the
gravity of the
problem in our
society and which
direction it is going
now.

8. Well, if you have a butterfly in your palm and if
your press it hard to ensure your authority over it
obviously it'll die. The same is the case with
parenting. Parents need to give children chances to
have experiences of their lives. And even they
should encourage them and guide them in various
cases. I had a relationship of 2 years 6 months back
which I had to end because my parents had found
out and they reacted to it in a manner as if it was a
crime and started mental torture to a
comparatively large extent creating a suffocating
situation from which I had to strive really hard to
survive.
Selected story from Participants
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9. Hypothesis
Common causes behind conflicts
 Generation Gap: Lack of understanding.
 Distinct Expectations and choices: Vital difference
between parents and teenagers’ expectation and
choices.
 Study Pressure: Continuous Pressure of being the top.
 Quality Time Gap: Lack of providing quality time by
parents and teenagers to each other.
 Social media/Internet issue: Parents forbid their teen
children to use social media/internet. On the other
hand, teens consider using internet/ social media as a
right.
 Gaining Independence: Tendency to develop an
identity outside of the parents’ concerned
supervision.

10. Guidelines
• Parents should learn how to handle the teenage
• Flexibility of the parents is required.
• Ethics, values, etiquettes, attitudes, and overall
character must be taught from the family.
• Healthy and congenial family atmosphere to be
ensured.
• Education is the root of all must be realized by the
Teens.
• Teenage children never be humiliated by family
members which may lose their level of confidence.
• establishing sharing culture and a friendly
environment within the family members.
• Having continuous counselling in each stage of lives
from a counsellor, which will stay as neutralized party
between them.

11. Parents need to make teenagers understand that all
parents’ eager to see their children as the best, the
perfect. As a result, teens should not take their angry
words so literally. In fact, they should take their parents
words as a different way of expressing love, affection,
and care.
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Conclusions

12. T H A N K
Y O U