Woman's Hour - 15/04/2009

Jenni Murray presents a special Programme on Raising Teenagers. Listening to the news bulletins would lead you to believe that our teenagers are out of control. The picture is terrifying - a generation involved in violent crime, drug abuse, binge drinking and having underage and unprotected sex. But how true a picture is this? What is it really like to be a teenager at this time, and what challenges do we face, as parents and carers to the new generation? Jenni will be finding out about the physical and mental changes which take place as children mature into adults - and hearing how these developments create some of the stereotypical teenage behaviour. She discusses how to manage problematic parenting situations. And, in the light of all the headlines about gun and knife crime, she asks what can be done to help disaffected young people in society? Including drama: Restless.