parenting and adolescent related articles

1. Articles on Parenting and Adolescence

2. As difficult as this can be for parents to endure, these actions may be normal for
most teenagers. It may seem hard to believe—given your child’s anger or
indifference towards you—but teens still crave love, approval, and acceptance
from their parents. Positive face-to-face connection is the quickest, most
efficient way to reduce stress and enhance your relationship with your child.
Further, owing to the hormonal changes, teens also experience multiple mood
swings. Staying calm with him and trying to understand his situation along
with not taking his anger spells personally may be a good idea at this point. My
advice is to you here is whenever you are angry or upset, avoid communicating
with your teen. Wait until you’re calm and energized before starting
conversation. Your calmness and unconditional love may act as great tools for
helping your child out of this phase.

3. A teenager is believed to be the first in the UK to go deaf and blind due to
his junk food diet, a report has warned. The 17-year-old lived off a daily
portion of chips, crisps, white bread and processed meat for around a
decade. His poor diet, which resulted in a number of vitamin
deficiencies, led to the boy developing a condition called nutritional
optic neuropathy (NON).More commonly seen in malnourished
children in developing countries, purely dietary causes of NON are rare
in the western world. It manifests in damage to the optic nerve, which
leads to sight loss and if undiagnosed, blindness. The unnamed
patient, from Bristol, also developed hearing loss and bone weakness.

4. I see many teenagers struggling to find a place in society, wanting to be
recognized by their peers and accepted for what they are. This is one of
the most important tasks of their lives at this juncture and they are
faced with a lot of anxiety and insecurity as they work around this.
When teens get the message that they don't fit in and don't belong
here, it can lead to feelings of isolation, disconnect, and depression.
The television shows marketed to this age group normalize bullying,
premarital sex, aggressive and violent behaviour, and rule-breaking.
You are cool only if you own all the brands. What is a teen to do? Is it
their fault if they are confused, defiant, or out-of-control?

5. Approximately 30% of teens in the India have been
affected by bullying—either as a victim or as a
perpetrator. 1 in 3 students in the US say they have
been bullied at school, but now bullying happens
online, too. Many don't know that bullying can be
direct or indirect, which includes gossip and rumour-
spreading. Many kids don't even know what cyber
bullying is or fully understand the potentially
damaging effect of their online behaviours.

6. Oftentimes, parents live through their children and expect their
kids to achieve everything they wanted but did not have.
Expecting the teenager to get good grades, have great friends,
excel in extracurricular activities, and be well-behaved,
responsible for themselves and sometimes for their younger
siblings is a lot of pressure. Added to this is peer pressure. To be
accepted among peers and to become "popular," teens feel
pressured to conform in their tastes, behaviour, and appearance.
When all the people surrounding the teenager are attempting to
mole him/her into a different shape, the pressure builds. Parents,
teachers, family elders, siblings, friends, schoolmates, and social
groups all play a part and pull the teenager in different
directions.

7.  33.2% of high school seniors in the India reported drinking
alcohol within the past month.
 In 2017, by their senior year in high school, 5.9% of
teenagers in the India had a daily habit of using drugs
 In 2017, an annual survey of drug and alcohol use among
teens in the India found that almost 40% of all 12th-graders
surveyed had used some kind of illicit drug in the past year,
and 55.7% had used alcohol.
Both alcohol and drugs can damage a teenager's developing
brain. It's so important to talk to them to find out what is
happening in their school and peer group, discover what
they're exposed to, and educate your kid about the dangers.

8. Often the biggest bullies, richest spoilt brats, and the most
self-destructive kids are held up as the most enviable and
popular. The media glorifies these people, and bad
behaviour is applauded in movies, sports, and music.
Wherever they go, our children are fed on a diet of lousy
role models and are imbibing the depraved values of those
"heroes" portrayed in the media.

9. When used responsibly, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and
other social platforms can be great ways for teens to
connect with the world, but when used irresponsibly, they
are problematic. Violent video games promote aggression
and violence. Going online exposes teens to bad characters,
mean people, unhealthy images, porn, violence, and sexual
content. No matter what you do, there's no way to protect
them entirely. It's up to parents to know what kids are
doing online and teach them how to interact with the
internet safely.

10. All of these things affect a teenager's health:
 Poor nutrition. The eating habits of teens are poor and unmonitored.
They are urged towards eating disorders, either starving themselves or
binging on unhealthy, fatty, high-calorie junk food.
 Lack of sleep. In an effort to do and be it all, the teen sacrifices sleep.
They require about nine hours of sleep but on average, teens get
roughly seven hours. This means that every day, they are running at a
deficit.
 Depression and anxiety. Hormonal changes, added to the chaos and
strain of scheduling, prioritizing, achieving, and fulfilling expectations,
put a teen under considerable emotional pressure. This is reflected in
mood swings, aggression, depression, anxiety, and sometimes even a
complete breakdown.
 Mental and physical health are connected. If your teen isn't healthy
physically, it will have an affect on his psychology, and vice-versa.

11. According to me, to solve their problems so that they can
live their healthy life
A. If the teen shows any signs of anxiety or depression, get them help
immediately.
B. Look out for signs of stress, anxiety, lack of concentration, poor
eating habits, poor oral and personal hygiene, disturbances in sleep,
and lack of interest in social activities, and address them
immediately.
C. Fear of failure is one of the greatest reason for stress, so help them
manage their anxiety and build self-esteem.
D. As a citizen of India., Be graceful enough to thank, appreciate, and
love them at every possible occasion.