All the way agree. Parents should discuss a book after it's been read (yup, it means reading what your kids are reading, and teenagers don't always have great t

All the way agree. Parents should discuss a book after it's been read (yup, it means reading what your kids are reading, and teenagers don't always have great taste...) and go over anything controversial, leave the floor open for questions, encourage them to consider scenarios that are outside of their experiences, and so on. Teenagers are perfectly capable of handling adult topics if they have the support of adults to help them grasp the entirety of it all. Keeping them insulated in a bubble, away from the real world, just means they'll get to experience it all at once, alone, without support, when they finally venture out of the house as young adults.