How to Tackle the Problems of Adolescents

Parents must be patient and tactful in all their dealings with adolescents. They should guard against hurting feelings or unnecessarily challenging these young people. The following points may be helpful to parents in dealing with the problems of adolescents

1.       A broad-mind approach to the needs and sympathetic listening to the problems of adolescents is required from the part of the parents. The parent should avoid being authoritarian in their approach and should not have too much expectations. Different circumstances call for different strengths and abilities and consideration must be given to the adolescent’s ability to cope with particular situation.

2.         Individual difference of the adolescents must be appreciated and opportunities should be provided to them for the growth of their talents in accordance with their capacities.

3.       Provide suitable environment in school for their physical, emotional, as well as social development. Their eating habits, cleanliness personal hygiene, physical ailment etc…

4.       Their emotions should be properly trained and divert the pent-up emotional energy towards constructive ends.

5.       Provide them religious and  moral education that will help to reduce restlessness, indiscipline, dishonesty, and aimlessness among youth

6.       Give them personal-educational , and vocational guidance that should be a continuous process throughout the educational life