Monday 13 July 2015

Ways of Making Teenagers feel at ease -- AK Mishra's Art of Success for Teenagers



Courtesy: AK Mishra Library
Demands of more freedom and immense peer pressure stage teenagers on a collision course with their own parents and well-wishers. Where a teenager’s thoughts and imaginations, are feeding their high-headedness, parents want their kids to be more sensible and act maturely in this age. Parents expect them to be coherent and organic in their approach to build a successful and promising future. But while pursuing their dreams and meeting parents’ unrealistic expectations, they fall prey to modern lifestyle disorders like depression and anxiety, so it won’t be exaggeration when saying that teens nowadays are tight-walking on the ropes of pressure and discomfort, and it becomes imperative for the parents to figure out the ways to ease off their pressure caused due to scores of unavoidable factors including cut-throat competition, educational, emotional and social challenges. Parents can unequivocally play a pivotal role in bringing down unnatural anxiety level of their wards by spending quality time and lending a helping hand in hours of crisis. This also provides parents ample opportunities to unveil their wards behavioral and thinking patterns.
Simply put, teens may ward off unwanted stress by adopting healthy lifestyles, learning people and social skills and with the help and support of their parents that may be summarized as follows.
Parents should keep themselves abreast with the contemporary issues and trends
Young Children’s or teenagers’ knowledge about most careers and their occupational aspirations are heavily influenced by their geographic location, the occupation of their parents, their socio-economic status and their relationship with their parents along with their general awareness. Therefore the parents who keep abreast with the latest technologies, career trends, business, and employment can help their children prepare for better occupation, keeping in mind the areas of interest of their teenagers too.

Engage in outdoor physical activities
Although appearing trivial, but sedentary mode of life also heightens teen pressure level, so engaging in activities that foster or promote physical and mental health like yoga, sports or even walking can exponentially bring down the stress level and help teens stay fit, which in turn reduces the anxiety and unwanted depression and negative thoughts, while rejuvenating the body and opening up the mind to learn and grab new things.
Do things that make you happy
Beside physical activities, which are one of the best ways to cope up with stress, teenagers should try exploring new things and indulge in the activities which make them feel good. This could be going for outing with friends, listening to music, having a conversation with parents, going out for movies, or anything that bring little joys to them. At the time of stress, these activities actually help them becoming more calm and clear in various their approach to life.
Idolize and converse                    
Although for a teenager, it comes naturally to disbelieve that anyone else is more intelligent than him/her at this tender age, but believing in this fact can actually help them lessen their unwarranted vexation and can help them make healthy choices in life. Idol could be anyone, a teacher, elder sister or brother or parents. They may be able to help exploring newer opportunities in life that may actually excite a teenager and help reducing their stress level.
Appreciate your strengths
Although parents are the most efficient tool to keep boosting teenagers’ spirit and morale up, teenagers should also discover and acclaim their skills and hidden qualities. They should focus on what they think they are good at. Time to time appreciation by parents and their support help them understand and hone their respective skills effectively that help them in the long run. Appreciation by parents reinforces their belief in their inner and hidden capabilities. It can bring about substantial changes in the development and overall personality grooming.

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