Traits That Build Meaning and Stability Into Your Teen's Life
Teens need meaning in their lives. They search for purpose, value, and fulfillment. Existing day-to-day and week-to-week isn't enough; they hunger for more than daily routines and obligations. When they find nothing to fill those voids, they're sometimes at risk for exploring treacherous ground with lost people. For life to make sense to a teenager, for him/her to find the motivation and desire to build integrity and achieve, five traits that parents can teach their child to develop will create the bedrock he can stand on. Those traits are resilience, direction, focus, passion, and consideration for others. Qualities like these lay a foundation within that a successful and gratifying life can be built upon. Resilience is the number one quality I'd want my own child to develop, if I had to choose. The ability to get up after being knocked down. You have a choice to stay down -- or get up and keep moving forward. Rocky says it best to his son in this scene from Ro...