Wed 3 Mar, 2010
Issues Paper 02: Supporting Young People's Relationships
Supporting young people as they have their first relationship
Parents and caregivers have far more influence than they might think on how young people develop and conduct their relationships.
The Families Commission’s Supporting Young People’s Relationships shows that the popular perception that “kids never listen” is not entirely true when it comes to teenage relationship issues.
Instead, the study reveals that even when young people are not talking much, and don’t seem to be listening, they are still watching. Young people learn how to conduct their own relationships from watching how their parents behave, and they carry these lessons into their own adult relationships.
