Teenage Life
January 14th, 2008What worries me, as a governor of high school, is that a lot of parents regard their function as parent change totally when their kid finishes primary school and goes to the high one. Well, it is really true that the majority of children do not wish Mum and Dad to accompany them to their school as they did while primary school, they can lose the street ‘cred’ when it happens, however it would also happen that a lot of parents leave their child’s development through those hard teenage age to the teachers.
In one of latest surveys of children made by the DfES, really it was astonishing to see the fact that about 37% admitted to be disobedient at their home compared to their school. This fact does require further examination.
When your teenage child returns at home from his/her school lies on the couch and says, ‘Nobody likes me’, and then what do you usually do?
Now it is the fact that the majority of teenagers are subject matter to mood changes there could be a deeper motive behind the words. Prior to verbally assaulting the school, may I recommend that you consider what you might have done to cause this? Nearly all teenagers need to feel accepted plus they want to establish some personal identity.
So it is your duty as a father/mother to assist your kid to develop confidence and self esteem. And it is luckily not very late to re-think your part. It is vitally significant to steady sincere praise and sensitive criticism.
Nobody will imagine that it is very easy to try to criticize a teen even employing the most insightful of phrases; however, it all completely depends on the part you have played during the formative period of your child.