Adolescent behaviour problems © 2014 wheresjenny.com ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS.

Adolescent behaviour problems

© 2014 wheresjenny.com

ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS



Adolescent Behavior Problems

Many adolescents today have problems and are getting into trouble. After all, there are a lot of pressures for kids to deal with friends and family. For some youth, pressures include poverty, violence, parental problems, and gangs. Kids may also be concerned about significant issues such as religion, gender roles, values or ethnicity. Some children are having difficulty dealing with past traumas they have experienced, like abuse. Parents and their teenagers are struggling between the youth's wanting independence while still needing parental guidance. Sometimes all these conflicts result in behavior problems. Any number of isolated behavior problems can represent adolescent problems and delinquency-shoplifting, truancy, a fight in school, drug or alcohol ingestion.



Vocabulary

Ethnicity : The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

Traumas : A deeply distressing or disturbing experience.

Isolated : Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Delinquency : Minor crime, especially that committed by young people.

Truancy : The action of staying away from school without good reason; absenteeism.

Intervention : Action taken to prevent or improve a course of events (from getting worse)

Confrontation : A hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties.



Adolescence is a time for developing independence. Typically, adolescents exercise their independence by questioning their parents' rules, which at times leads to rule breaking. For example, drinking habitually, fighting often, frequent truancy, and theft are much more significant than isolated episodes of the same activities. Other warning signs include deterioration of performance at school and running away from home. Of particular concern are adolescents who cause serious injury or use a weapon in a fight.



Children occasionally engage in physical confrontation. During adolescence, the frequency and severity of violent interactions may increase. Although episodes of violence at school are highly publicized, adolescents are much more likely to be involved in violent episodes (or more often the threat of violence) at home and outside of school. Many factors contribute to an increased risk of violence for adolescents



PARENTS

AND

CHILDREN



20 tips to encourage good behaviour in teenagers.

Take time to actively listen

Set clear rules about behaviour

When rules are broken, follow up calmly and firmly

Encourage self-reflection

Children – even teenagers – do as you do, so try to be a positive role model for your child.

Choose your battles

Your child is an individual, and she needs to know that she’s valued and accepted for who she is

Let go of the wheel sometimes



Tackle problems in a positive way

Praise and encouragement are powerful motivators

Plan ahead for tricky conversations

Keep ‘topping up’ your relationship

Share your feelings

Learn to live with mistakes

Look for ways to stay connected

Keep promises



Respect your child’s need for privacy

Encourage a sense of belonging

Teenagers will be teenagers

Look for the funny side of things



Questions

1. According to you how should be the relation between the parents and the children?

2. Should children treat their parents as friends?

3. What is the difference between generation earlier and the generation now?

4. Should parents be frank and open minded with their children?

5. How is your relation with your children / your parents?

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