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.
