When the child has a puberty crisis

(Baothanhhoa.vn) - During puberty, young people will experience major physical, mental and physiological changes. This "transformation" process will promote growth and create differences in characteristics and characteristics of each gender. This leads to "crises" that require parents to pay attention to early recognition of abnormal symptoms, helping children to quickly overcome this stage.

Regularly participating in sports and recreational activities will help children overcome the crisis of puberty.

Since her son entered 8th grade, he began to change, making Ms. Thu Trang, Nam Ngan ward (Thanh Hoa city) feel that her son was like a completely different child. He was no longer close and affectionate with his mother, did not share happy and sad stories in class or problems with friends like before... Sometimes he got angry for no reason, reacted quite harshly when his parents criticized or gave him advice... He withdrew into his own world that Ms. Trang could not "open the door" to.

Ms. Trang shared: "Every day, I find it more and more difficult to understand my child. He is becoming more and more distant, sullen, and no longer affectionate towards his parents like before. My husband and I don't know what to do to make him happy and active again like before."

Sharing the same feelings when her child entered puberty, Ms. Ngoc Hoa, Phu Son ward ( Thanh Hoa city), said: “My daughter will be in 9th grade next school year. I know that at this age, her friendships gradually become more “complicated”, her school-age feelings, her conflicts with her peers... make her lack concentration, and her academic performance declines. Once, my child was “dragged” into a closed group on zalo by a group of classmates who attacked, defamed, and mentally abused her, making her confused and scared. Fortunately, I discovered it in time and reported it to the homeroom teacher. At the same time, I proactively contacted the parents of the friends in that closed group to coordinate, analyze, explain, and reconcile with the children. As for my daughter, I also connected her to talk and confide in a psychologist to help her “erase” the trauma of being mentally abused.”

Adolescent psychological crisis is a common psychological state and has many negative effects on children's mental health and development. Therefore, psychological experts recommend that adolescent psychological crisis should be detected early and appropriate psychological remedies should be applied promptly; because if not detected early and timely counseling and treatment will increase the risk of emotional and behavioral disorders, prolonged stress leading to depression.

Regularly participating in sports and recreational activities will help children overcome the crisis of puberty.

Parents are the ones who play an extremely important role in helping their children overcome the crisis of puberty. Therefore, parents should spend a lot of time caring for and sharing with their children about the changes when they enter puberty, and at the same time express that parents will always accompany and share with their children the difficulties they encounter. Parents also need to equip their children with basic knowledge about gender, friendship, love, and skills to handle situations that may arise in life to protect themselves. Orient children to stay away from negative things and bad information; encourage children to participate in healthy social activities, exercise, sports, play, and entertain...

It is important that parents do not treat their children as immature children and use contemptuous and insulting words when they make mistakes, but must respect their opinions, interests, and accept their suggestions... Children entering puberty will be very interested and pay attention to their appearance, so parents also need to care, accompany, and help their children solve problems that make them unhappy such as acne, body odor, obesity... Support your children in building a reasonable diet and exercise regimen, take them to see a specialist so that they can be instructed on the use of age-appropriate pharmaceutical cosmetics, helping them become more confident. Especially girls need to be carefully protected physically, and be instructed in self-protection skills to avoid surrounding dangers...

Parents should be friends with their children so that they always feel loved, accompanied, and shared during the crisis of puberty. Let's equip them with knowledge and love so that they can be more confident when entering life.

Article and photos: Linh Huong

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