Tips to Improve Father-Teen Relationships

[font color=green]Full Disclosure: Dr. Jeff Cookston is a friend and graduate of my alma mater.[/font]

Just in time for Father’s Day, new research provides insights for enhancing harmony among fathers and their adolescent children.

San Francisco State University professor Dr. Jeff Cookston discovered that when an adolescent is having an argument with their father and seeks out others for help, the response he or she receives improves well-being and father-child relationships.

It appears that adolescents who receive a reason for the father’s behavior or a better understanding of who is at fault, feel better about themselves and about dad as well.

Those feelings about dad, in turn, are linked to a lower risk of depression for youth.

In the study, published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, Cookston explains the findings represent a concept termed “guided cognitive reframing,” or how a teen benefits from talking to someone about conversations with their father.

More at http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/06/09/tips-to-improve-father-teen-relationships/71018.html .

Cross-posted in the Parenting Group.