Read this article yesterday while looking for a FSC to refer a family who'll lose their house soon to.
Recently have been talking to parents and parents and more parents..
and it's almost like, out of every 3 parents i meet, 2 will be divorced/have remarried :\
hahaa.
two things i've been advising parents about:

1) Do not suddenly give a lot of freedom to your children when your child reaches adolescent years. Yes, the child will want more freedom, will say things like
'I won't do anything bad outside la. Why you worry for what? Can't you trust me?'
but...
slowly loosen the rein.
make them earn the trust from you :) (e.g. one special day of staying out with friends after school/cca)
set boundaries (e.g. timings for them to return from school by - 1 hr after school ends? -- for sec 1s.)
take care of them :)
especially fathers!
more freedom can be given in sec 3 and sec 4 though :)

2) Communicate openly to your child. Let the child know that you are willing to be a friend to them, to listen to them and to share your expectations with them. Let them know that you want them to communicate their needs to you as well.
Love them.
And be fair among the siblings.
Students have a keen awareness of unfair treatments.

:)
lol.
it's painful to have to ask parents to consider filing for beyond parental control :S