Breaking Barriers between parents and children

Teenage is a time of rapid change for kids both physically and mentally. Teens face many teen problems and challenges. They deal with lot of emotional highs and lows. It’s like a moment they might feel great, but the next moment, they are depressed. These kinds of mood swings are common teenage problems. Teenage is the time where parents need to lay a strong foundation in their kid’s life. This of course needs to be done patiently and skilfully. 

1. Depression – Down Way of Life

Depression is the most common mental health problem faced by teenagers which may sometimes lead to suicide. Teenagers can’t differentiate sadness and depression. Many factors can lead to depression and the reaction of each teen is different to such things. Few symptoms of depressions are sleeping problems, behavioural changes, disturbed mental health, prolonged sad or angry mood etc. Depression is basically a feeling in which person feels very low and negative. In depression one needs to be motivated and positive. Everyone else needs to make the person happy and motivated so that negativity should be decreased. Parents should make their child comfortable with the surroundings and talk to him/her calmly and patiently. Try to identify child’s problem and see what can be done to help him/her out.

2. Drinking, Smoking and Drugs

Teenagers find drinking alcohol, having drugs, smoking hookah and cigars very fashionable and trendy. It makes them feel very cool and proud and be part of the grown-up’s crowd. They suddenly feel that rush in them, all energized, wanting to explore anything and everything. To deal with this problem effectively, parents should try to find out the reason why your teen is drinking alcohol or getting into smoking and drugs. If parents consume alcohol on regular basis, then teen is more likely to start drinking at an early age. Everyone must have heard an old famous quote which goes on like “Monkey See- Monkey Do” Parents need to feel free to talk to their teens about certain subjects like dating, sex, drugs, and alcohol. It is this lack of communication gap on good and bad points that takes them to take wrong steps out of curiosity.  Alcohol acts as a depressant and helps them to escape their troubled teen lives. When teens see their peers drinking or smoking, they too indulge in without thinking right or wrong. Peer pressure is probably the toughest challenge teens have to deal with. And the least a teenager would want is to be left out of his/her group of friends. When it comes to drugs, the most important thing as parents you can do is express plenty of love to your juniors to get them rid of this deadly addiction.

3. Cyber Space Addiction

It’s no secret that many teens are addicted of cyber space. They are always glued to their computers, laptops or cell phones. Internet is very useful, it makes things very easy but like everything has its positive and negative aspect, so does internet. Also, the excess usage of anything is harmful. You are surely known with the fact how one can become trapped and hooked to internet with all the attractive things. Parents must monitor what their children are doing with the smart devices and to what extent are they being exposed to the world outside. You must make sure to spend good amount of time your children to build that bond of love and trust so that they can freely communicate their thoughts, feelings and problems with you.

4.Your Teen Dislikes You

Children in their teens usually don’t like their parents. They do not like communicating often with them. They are more comfortable in their friend’s company. It is common with every teenager. You need to understand this is a temporary phase and children too know they still need their parents no matter how reluctantly they act and is it common to have teenager’s problems with parents.

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