How to have a good holiday with your teenagers?

If the holidays are often an opportunity to do family activities, for the teenager it is also an opportunity to assert themselves even more than usual and create conflicts. So to make it a moment of relaxation and avoid tensions as much as possible, a few rules must be respected.

Avoid improvisation

Providing a framework, preparing the stay and the activities in advance, and putting in place certain rules, can allow the teenager, and the parents, to better project themselves on what will happen during the holidays. However, take the time to prepare all this in advance with him so that he can give his agreement and negotiate on certain points which seem essential to him. By imposing things on him without telling him well, you risk provoking his dissatisfaction and very unpleasant oppositional behavior throughout the stay.

By also expressing himself on what he wishes to do, you give him his place within the family, while respecting the rules of living together Do not hesitate to make him responsible for certain activities that he agrees to do, but also let him explore on his own within the framework you have decided together.

Give him enough freedom

On vacation everyone likes to change certain habits and slow down. If you allow your teenager to go out at night, be indulgent if he gets up later the next day. It is also a time for him to take care of himself and to have time for certain experiences, perhaps romantic or sexual. Do not hesitate to respect his privacy while showing him that you are there if he needs to discuss it.

A successful holiday with a teenager therefore means being able to find the balance between enough freedom and family activities, while respecting the rules that you have established together.

Find out more: “P’tit(e) con(ne) or the unbearable lightness of adolescence”, by Christelle Dugardi.