Your Teen Feels a Wide Range of Emotions

If your teen is living life to its fullest, they’re hopefully going to experience happiness, but they’ll also have other emotions such as frustration, anger, and sadness. And that’s not just okay—that’s life. Instead of shielding your teen from negative emotions, parents should help teens manage their feelings to keep them empathetic, caring individuals. Those big feelings will serve them later in life, filling them with compassion. So help your teen feel what they’re going to feel rather than brushing it off so they can enjoy the joyfulness while keeping sadness in perspective.

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