Teenagers Who Argue

You may find yourself arguing constantly with your teenager and researchers say that's not a good thing.

Patti Neighmond reports on a new study that finds these teenage arguments can provide lifelong benefits.

Almost all parents and teenagers argue. But it's how they argue that makes all the difference.

Think of those arguments as a critical training ground. Training in how to argue with yelling, whining, threats or insults.

The most common arguments are over grades, chores, money and friends.

The teens who learned to be calm and confident and persuasive with their parents acted the opposite way when they were with their peers.

The teens who learned to be calm and confident and persuasive with their parents are 40 percent more likely to say no, they didn't want to do drugs or drink alcohol, than kids who didn't argue with their parents.

Effective arguing acted as something of an inoculation against negative peer pressure.

Kids who felt confident to express themselves to their parents didn't feel confident being honest with their friends.

Richard Weissbourd is a child psychologist at Cambridge University

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