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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:49 PM

DOBSON: Hormonal changes are start of tumultuous teen years

By JAMES DOBSON, Focus on the Family

QUESTION: Many of the struggles of the teen years are attributed to hormones. If that explanation is accurate, then what implications does it have for parents of early adolescents?

DR. DOBSON: First, understanding this glandular upheaval makes it easier to tolerate and cope with the emotional reverberations that are occurring. For several years, some kids are not entirely rational. Just as a severely menopausal woman may accuse her innocent and bewildered husband of infidelity, hormonally depressed teenagers may not interpret the world accurately either. Their social judgment is impaired.

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