Help your child feel less depressed when their idol falls.

Young people often idolize someone. Idols can also be beautiful symbols, motivating young people to try harder and make more efforts.

Illustration: DANG HONG QUAN

It can be seen that the attraction of idols has a great suggestive effect. Ms. Hoa (living in Di An, Binh Duong) shared: "My nephew also has some musical talent. He really admires singer Q., so he actively practices singing songs performed by the female singer. Our family fully supports him in developing this talent."

And not only admiring the beautiful images, when watching idols doing charity work, willing to go to places with difficult circumstances to support people in need, young people are further inspired with compassion, a spirit of willingness to share...

What sadness is greater than a day of collapse?

However, suddenly one day the child's idol is no longer the same (involved in scandals, or seriously, has committed illegal acts), the beautiful image in the eyes of the child suddenly collapses completely. The consequences when the idol collapses are very big.

Some young people cannot control their emotions and become depressed, lose their appetite, lose sleep, feel sad, regretful, and even have negative behaviors.

T.Trang (17 years old, living in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai) has been depressed, withdrawn, and has not wanted to communicate with her parents since hearing the news that her favorite singer D. was involved in legal trouble.

Trang admires the talent of this musician and singer, who not only sings well but also composes songs that suit the taste of young people. Thanh Giang (16 years old, living in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City) also admires singer D. Giang's private room is filled with pictures of this singer, Giang also collects songs performed by singer D. Therefore, Giang was heartbroken and decided to throw away all the pictures, delete all the songs saved on his phone...

When the idol image collapses, because of the deadlock, many young people act as a way to punish themselves, then boycott the group of friends with the idol. Besides, when negative emotions arise, it can make young people see the problem no longer as it is, bored, sad, sentimental, many cases occur such as dissatisfaction, suffering...

To be less depressed when your idol breaks down

Having gone through a teenage period, parents will certainly sympathize with their children, it is not easy to overcome a "trauma". Because of empathy, parents should not do anything that will hurt their children more. Parents should sympathize with their children, acknowledge their feelings, and gradually help them learn how to control and master their behavior to balance their psychology.

To help children not fall for their idols, parents need to be close to them from the beginning, pay attention to their children's interests and needs, and create trust so that children can comfortably share about their idols.

Talk and discuss more with your children about idols, so that they understand that idols are just idols, and should not be blindly deified.

And when your child's idol collapses for any reason, parents need to understand and accompany their child to help them overcome this mental shock. Increase sports, travel, and entertainment activities to help your child overcome the loss caused by the idol.

If possible, parents should guide their children to approach art forms such as music, painting, movies... that are positive, suitable for their age, talents, and strengths that they are pursuing with their idols. Parents also need to regularly control and adjust their children's entertainment time, limiting the time their children spend on idols and neglecting their time for studying and other activities.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/giup-con-bot-suy-sup-khi-than-tuong-sup-do-20241201101435002.htm