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How To Deal With Teenage Behavior Problems?

Teenage behavior problems
Teenage behavior problems are difficult for parents to handle. Teens are prone to hormonal changes due to which they have mood swings and changed teenage behavior. Physical change, mental change, maturity and development in the child and makes them difficult to tackle with such changes within them. The rigidity and acceptance makes them very uncomfortable due to which continuous care from parents irritate the teenage behavior.

Parents need to smartly and patiently deal with teenage behavior problem. The growing age may spoil your child permanently so have patience. Try to become your child's friend to build proximity and develop it. Let the teen share the problems with you.

Even the friends circle change the teenage behavior so deal with it by checking your child's friend circle. If the friend surrounding is not good then engage the child in extra curricular activities like outdoor games of their interest. This will engage your child and gradually make them far from the wrong surrounding.

If your child is stubborn then try to curb such traits gradually by making them understand the problems.

Chances of teenage behavior to turn rude and arrogant are obvious as they feel grown enough to look after themselves and the desire to be independent increases. Leave your child out with friends for sometime and let him/her learn to take care of themselves. This will build their confidence.

Parents should not try to pressurize their children with their wishes and needs and helps the teen share his/her own ideas and thoughts on home issues to develop maturity levels.

Involve your child gradually in homely issues and decisions. This will make them feel more responsible and matured.

Teenage behavior can be dealt with cool mind. Short tempered parents especially mom tend to increase the negative attitude of the child and make them feel isolated. Teens due to continuous scoldings get the feeling of not belonging to or loved by the parents.

It is advisable to stop raising hands or scolding the child who reaches teenage. This makes them more rigid and out of control kids who tend to hate the parents slowly. The parents need to know that their child is growing up and does not need to much of pampering.

So, scolding or getting mad at your child is not the solution to teenage behavior problems. Make the child consider you as your best friend and parents should have the strength to let go the mistakes of the teens with ease if the mistakes are severe then strict rule is required to control the teenage behavior.

Story first published: Monday, June 27, 2011, 18:14 [IST]