Take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their wings, most of them are clutching at one another’s hands for reassurance. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. They have come out of their cocoon—into a larger cocoon.
Teenage rebellion, according to psychologist Laurence Steinberg, coauthor of You and Your Adolescent, has been greatly overstated. Many other psychologists agree. The idea that teenagers inevitably rebel is a myth that has the potential for great family harm. This notion can damage communication during this critical time for parents to influence youngsters.
Still adolescence is often a trying time of transition for child and parent. Teenagers need to establish themselves as individuals—in their own minds and in the eyes of others. This search isn’t about rebellion: it’s about becoming a person of one’s own. " Teenagers ought to be growing away from their parents and learning to stand on their own two feet, " says Steinberg.
Here is one way parents can help: don’t stereotype. " Parents who expect teenage rebellion may actually stir it up, " says Kenneth I. Howard, a member of a research team that collected survey data on more than 20,000 teenagers over a 28-year period.
Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression at the first sight of adolescent independence, fearful that giving in even slightly now means drugs cannot be far behind. When parents overreact, teenagers assert themselves more, parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup results.
In fact, psychologists say that there is no inevitable pattern to teenage behavior, and no such creature as a typical teenager. Your teenager is now larger, per, older and smarter than before, with an additional supply of hormone raging through the bloodstream. But he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth. Given a chance, your son or daughter will continue to behave in ways you have established.
According to the psychologists, it is beneficial for parents to（）
A.show fear
B.use suppression
C.clamp down harder
D.treat teenagers as they used to
参考答案：D
解析：
细节题。末段指出心理学家认为青少年行为没有必然的模式可循，也没有什么典型青少年之说。由第三句“…he or she is still the same human being you have lived with since birth”(他或她仍是从出生到现在一直与你生活在一起的同一个人)可知，心理学家们认为孩子还是原来的孩子，建议父母应以平平常的心态对待处于青春期的孩子，因此D项正确。第六段提到“Howard cautions parents not to resort to suppression…parents clamp down harder, and a full-scale blowup result(霍华德劝诫父母们不要采取压制手段…父母施加更大的压力会导致矛盾彻底激化)，可见心理学家的建议是父母们最好不要采取压制(suppression)手段，害怕(fearful)也是不可取的态度，故A、B、C三项均不正确。