Psychological test meaning, concept, need & importance
Caring of adolescents jd singh
1. Dr. J D Singh
Asst. Professor
G V (PG) College of Education (CTE)
Sangaria-335063, Rajasthan.
Email: drjdsingh@gmail.com
2. Adolescence is one of the most difficult stages
in life beginning in biology and ending in
society.
It is a period filled with both physical and
emotional growth, a turbulent, confusing
passage from childhood to adulthood.
The teen years are dominant with anger, self
doubt, frustration, confusion, and alienation.
There is no doubt that for most families, the
teen years present a challenge for both parents
and children.
Introduction
3. Challenging Role of Parents in Caring
Adolescents
Although the nature of relationships is changing,
the continuity of family connections and a secure
emotional base is crucial for the positive
development of young people.
The teen era is said the mirror image of
toddlerhood.
Research at the Department of Education in
England found that children whose parents made
bad decisions regarding their upbringing were
more likely to have behavior problems.
4. Challenging Role of Parents in Caring
Adolescents
Parents’ own behavior plays a crucial role in
defining what is normal for their children. Risky
parental behavior is associated with risky
adolescent behavior.
In times of deep feelings, most adolescents feel
like their parents are part of the problem, not part
of the solution.
Researchers found that youth from families high
in authoritative parenting generally had higher
academic performance.
5. Challenging Role of Parents in Caring
Adolescents
One study found that working mothers
average eighteen hours per week of
housework, plus ten to fifteen hours per
week of child care, while fathers average
three hours of housework and two hours of
child care per week.
Today, however, there are challenges to
this traditional gender-based struc-ture. In
many families both fathers and mothers are
bringing home paychecks.
6. Challenging Role of Parents in Caring
Adolescents
Today teens face smoking and drug addiction,
Internet and mobile addiction, virtual bullying in
addition to physical bullying, and trouble with
vicious texting.
Adolescents need a safe, caring space so they can
come to terms with their identity and adjust to
their changing looks and plan a future they are
happy with.
In this situation, parents are important to their
children. They can rebuild this relationship with
time, care and patience.
7. Measures for Developing Healthy Family
Roles in Caring Adolescents
Increased arguing between parents and children is very
common as children enter the teenage years. We should
not give unnecessary pressure on teen/s according to
our wish at this age.
Listening is a powerful way to build bridges where none
existed before. We should spend family time with our
adolescent and when our adolescent talks with us, then
pay attention and watch, as well as listen.
We should show respect our teenager’s feelings. One
way we can respect our child’s privacy is by knocking
before entering their room and making sure that any
care workers involved in their care do the same.
8. Measures for Developing Healthy Family
Roles in Caring Adolescents
Parents should allow freedom to teenagers within
limits and use logical consequences for their
behaviors instead of responding with anger or
punishment.
This is a time of formulating new ideas and ideals,
and our child may be paying more attention to the
world than he ever has. So, we should help our child
to develop critical thinking skills by talking and
expressing opinions and feelings.
Some adolescents suffer from depression or anxiety
and they have emotional ups and downs. Then,
parents should talk openly about the problems.
9. Measures for Developing Healthy Family
Roles in Caring Adolescents
We should use smaller sentences speaking with our
teenagers to convey our requests. Lecturing does not
usually produce real results because they often tune-
out after the first few sentences.
Religious beliefs and practices have the potential to
influence many aspects of life, including family life and
parenting. Parents should engage in Religious activities
as we know that this is a foundation for a ‘good life’.
A sense of self-esteem is one of the most important
gifts a parent can give a child. Parents should
encourage their teen to pursue his or her interests and
find ways to involve their child in school or community
activities where his or her talents can be expressed.
10. Measures for Developing Healthy Family
Roles in Caring Adolescents
Adolescent girls have unique problems as well. They
have image issues, more problems with friends, and
greater instances of self-harm. Therefore, we should
keep our eye on our teen/s.
Try to encourage safe hobbies as much as possible in
the early teens.
Parents should encourage their teen to behave well
and discuss what behavior is acceptable and
unacceptable at home, at school and elsewhere.
Parents should provide emotional support and
encouragement to adolescent members.
11. Measures for Developing Healthy Family
Roles in Caring Adolescents
We should encourage to teen about cyber safety
that is using and the websites he or she visits.
Parents should provide nurturing and supporting
environment also they also provide resources,
such as money, food, clothing, and shelter
according to actual need.
parents should be a role model for his/her
teenager’s kid for a range of behaviours, including
effective communication, relationship skills, and
socially acceptable conducts.
12. Conclusion
It can be said that, adolescence brings many gifts
to the family. As we know, Parent-child
relationship is associated with psychologically
and socially healthy developmental outcomes for
the adolescent. So, there is a great role of a family
in present time to provide the child a safe, secure,
nurturing, loving, and supportive environment,
that allows the offspring to have a happy and
healthy youth. This kind of experience develops
knowledge, values, attitudes, and conducts
necessary to become an adult making a
productive contribution to self, family,
community, and society.
