What Parents Should Know About Adolescents!
Written by My former Colleague and Retired Teacher Mr. P. C. Ray
Adolescents start using alcohol or drugs at pre-adolescents period generally being induced by their friends.
Early use of drugs or alcohol may lead to problem behaviors like stealing, lying, dependence, non- attendance of school and poor performance in education. They may even indulge to promiscuous sexuality.
Peer pressure acts upon their character to do bad things. So parents should be cautious to choose good environment as environment is flexible and has immense influence on the body, mind and soul of the learners.
Family expectations should be according to the merits of the child. Over ambition may lead the learner adolescents to astray owing to frustration.
Adolescents need good guidance with sympathy. Physical changes during adolescence period affect the mind and s, it is the most crucial period. The future depends on the good management of this period. It is the period of rapid growth. At this stage greater risk is involved for emotional and physical harm. Parents should know that, alcohol is vulnerable to the physical and mental growth of the children.
Parents should listen to the problems of the adolescents carefully and try to understand their feelings. Children should be helped to build self-confidence. A hopeful future depends on the understanding of the family standards by the adolescents. The adolescents should be asked and pursued to look at their future career on the basis of their understanding of themselves and the family.
Praise is necessary for god action. Recognition is a must. At this stage everyone wants to be recognized. If they fail to draw the attention through good actions, they take the other road of violence for overt attention.
Strong moral values, good hobbies, real friendship, sports, co-curricular activities must be encouraged. Parents should keep touch with the teachers and the peers for the proper growth of their off-spring.
At last, parents should know that at the age group of 15-24; most drug addict children die because of accidents, suicides and homicides as these are all alcohol related. Children drink to get drunk and get a kick. At picnic parties, the children get lost as they have no aims to grind. At this stage, alcohol is abused and not used. So take care to debar your children from all kind of addictive drugs.
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