Many parents are used to a stony stare when handing out advice to a teen, but new research suggests kids are listening and learning The kind of advice matters, a new study shows, and kids take it all in in case it's useful in solving future problems Adolescence is a time when children may try to look like they don't need a parent's counsel anymore (but they do) MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Does advising your teen sometimes feel like talking to the proverbial brick wall? Don't fret: New research shows that even when your preteen or teen gives your advice a flat "no way," your counsel is probably having an impact. It may simply be tucked away by your child, ready for use another day. “The kids are at an age where they're maturing and wanting to make their own decisions," explained study lead author and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher .
"Their immediate response may be resistance or reluctance, but the advice about how to reframe the problem, consider other explanations or think about what they are learning from the experience is sticking with them," Tu said in a university news release. "They may need time to process and evaluate it. Maybe they didn’t find it useful in that specific situation they were discussing.
But perhaps they came across new experiences in middle school and now they have some strategies to pull from their toolbox because mom gave them different ways to think about academic challenges." Tu is associate professor of human d.