For parents the joy of seeing their offspring grow before them is akin to the sapling emerging out of the seed sown by them  and blossom in to a lively plant. It’s an experience beyond words.

In the case of parents while basking in the joy of their children growth, forget to grow themselves. As a result, the children outgrow their parents physically and mentally with the time. And this further leads to cropping up of conflicts of attitudes between the parents and the children.

 It’s desirable to grow for the parents do grow along with the children to avoid the Generation Gap, which is the root cause for all conflicts between Parents and children.

I feel that for many parents peer pressure coming from neighbors, relatives and friends also plays a great role in determining their own interactions with their children..They often compare their children with other children and end up making themselves miserable...

When children grow and enter teens, they need less protection and supervision. At this stage, they need be taken more as friends. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

When children grow and enter teens, they need less protection and supervision. At this syage, they need be taken more as friends. 

 

Absolutely. This is the need and basis for avoiding conflicts like Generation Gap.

Many parents tend to cling on to their children rather than letting them go and enjoy their freedom and explore the world for themselves >parents probably feel that they may lose the respect and love of their child if he is out of their sight which is a very wrong assumption.The more you set them free the better understanding you are able to have with them..

The fear of the parents that they lose their children is unfounded and baseless. It's better to dispel the fears and act constructively .

Parents should be practical and also do some analysis about their own younger days and the problems they might have faced while dealing with their parents and their own behavior with their parents. Also, never take what you underwent as a yardstick since circumstances  may have been vastly different . 

I feel, Parents should not think that Parenting is just providing education and attend to other necessities.. As you said, analyzing the character and their orientation, likes and dislikes of their children will go a long way. Many parents think that children are incapable of expressing their needs. This is anything but truth. They should know about Child prodigies

Time has changed. Technology has developed with a fast pace. Speed has become the law of life and it has great influence on the thoughts and lifestyle of the growing generation. In several occasions parents find it difficult to understand their children’s psychology. Adjustment to tune with time is essential to continue smooth relations with least conflicts.

Parents should learn to adopt to  the changing times. They should avoid dogmatism and force their children to their age old beliefs.  Wisdom lies in falling in line with the ever changing times. Accordingly their grown up children should be treated like friends.