It is true that hormones are responsible for the physical and emotional changes that occur during adolescence. The concept that your daughter's hormones are out of balance and the cause of the family's problems is highly unlikely. As an adolescent matures towards adulthood, nature provides the physical and to some extent the emotional development necessary for independent survival. Even children nurtured in a strong family unit may have difficulties realigning their role. Parents may find it difficult to accept rejection of their advice whilst the adolescent may find it difficult to realise that parenthood is for life. George Orwell once summarised the conundrum as follows. Each generation imagines itself more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
