Are You Treating Your Teenager Ahead As Individual Personalities?

Before your child hits the teenage years and turns into a terrifying stranger look into that you fill in on essential coping strategies.

When children are about to become teenagers, they become irritable, short tempered and disagreeable. They prefer isolation, shut everyone out and hat anybody rummaging through their books, notes or bag. They become more secretive about their interaction with their friends. 

They devote more time and and attention to personal grooming, develop teen lingo, and feel like parents don’t understand them, especially if the parents disapprove of this behaviour. The transition from a kid to teenager is tricky, and how you handle it could have a lasting impact on your child’s personality. 

Eat together 

Much of successful teen parenting is about getting FaceTime with them. Teenage, however, is also the time when a lot of things such as gadgets, Friends etc, for your child’s attention. Getting them in the habit of eating at least one meal together as a family will help you carve out a time to reconnect even through the most rebellious years. But remember meal time is not a lecture time.

Do better 

At a younger Age, you might have needed to them what to do and what not to, but at this stage, you should stop telling them and lead them by example. Make conscious efforts to not curse, keep your phone away while away and practise the behaviours you would want them to be careful about. 

You would want them to be careful about. You are setting an example with how you deal crisis, handle a confrontation, talk about other people etc. if they see you behaving in a way that contradicts what you preach to them, they aren’t going to take you seriously. Mindful parenting is the key to better parenting. 

One has to be subtly affectionate as a parent 

A psychotherapist said that as people need four hugs a day for survival, eight for Maintainence and 12 for growth. Teenagers are definitely growing in many ways, but they’re not often cuddly. As kids hit hit the preteen Years, make an effort to find new ways to maintain physical contact. 

Find a connection 

Arranging fun hangout sessions at home with your child’s friends and getting to know them might help you feel more assured about your child’s safety and well-being, bur do not give them privacy too, and may be join in one round of video game or bring delicious snacks it may help you in the cool parent zone.