Jul 19, 2026 Features / Columnists, News

(Kaieteur News) – In many Caribbean families, traditional parenting practices emphasise survival, obedience, and protection rather than emotional intelligence, independent judgment, and healthy communication.

However effective parenting of adolescents is best achieved by modelling appropriate behaviour. Parenting teenagers extends beyond enforcing obedience; it involves guiding young people toward emotional maturity, moral responsibility, spiritual grounding, social competence, and independent decision-making.