1. Young people want the love, support, encouragement, nurture and attention from their parents.

2. Teenagers need "helpful attention" rather than protective attention.

3. Helpful attention means that parents should be interested in who the children are and what they are doing.

4. Parents try to listen to their children although it is sometimes inconvenient.

5. Parents should encourage children to learn from their mistakes rather than show them how to do it.

6. Teenagers would like to be on their mobile phones or computers, playing games and communicating with their friends.

7. They also want to spend time together with their parents.

8. They spend time sitting around the table to have dinner, watching TV as a family or going out with the parents.

9. Teenagers tend to make their own decisions although they don't have much experience.

10. Parents should share experience with their children so that they don't make wrong decisions.

1. Young people want the love, support, encouragement, nurture and attention from their parents.

2. Teenagers need "helpful attention" rather than protective attention.

3. Helpful attention means that parents should be interested in who the children are and what they are doing.

4. Parents try to listen to their children although it is sometimes inconvenient.

5. Parents should encourage children to learn from their mistakes rather than show them how to do it.

6. Teenagers would like to be on their mobile phones or computers, playing games and communicating with their friends.

7. They also want to spend time together with their parents.

8. They spend time sitting around the table to have dinner, watching TV as a family or going out with the parents.

9. Teenagers tend to make their own decisions although they don't have much experience.

10. Parents should share experience with their children so that they don't make wrong decisions.