How to Help your Teenage Children Navigate Through life Challenges

It is really dangerous as parents not to notice changes in behaviour or attitude of your teenage children, this stage in their lives demands your presence in all ramifications without being domineering but judgement-free zone where they feel safe and ready to open up to you life challenges they are going through. Families are bedrock of every society, it is through that lens that leadership is carved, sustainable values and progressive society, where it has foundational problems, it spreads across all other sectors. The world is not what it used to be in terms of transition in generations and how modern innovations have changed certain approaches, teenage children worry about aesthetics appearances more than actually reality, and that blight how they navigate through life challenges.

Parents should be able to maintain and pass down good family traditions to the children, that’s how they build their confidence. Teenage children are facing the pressure of having good academic records, dealing with peer influence, mental health challenges and issue of making right decisions. These are cumulative problems they are facing. While approach may differ pertaining to male and female teenagers, it is imperative to understand how they react to the life challenges, same approach for two may not really work as they are built differently to understand the environment. Female teenagers need constant reaffirmation of how good they are, adopting low tone when admonishing without being harsh will help them to navigate smoothly without feeling less of themselves.

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Female teenagers will not handle rejection very well especially when they are trying to fit in into particular group of females, parents need to get in reassure them how good they are and should focus on having best academic success, and comport themselves modestly, with that you may not need to rush to that groups you’re in dire to join, rather you will compel them to notice you and give you the respect you deserve. While adopting soft and gentle approach towards helping female teenagers in navigating through life challenges will perfectly work, the approach for male teenagers may differ, as they are more likely to show masculinity and prefer to talk to them on that terms, they are already proving how strong they are by participating in different sports activities.

The fastest way to get on with your self-confidence as male teenagers is to be good in any sport of your choice, with that you will be able to fit in properly without any form of isolation. It is different for male teenagers who are not necessarily good in sport but more of a nerd, they might experience bullying or isolation from male groups. As parents you need to teach them to understand that you don’t have to good in sport to gain your peers’ respect, and it is enough to find your passion in different areas of profession and still command respect, it is through this conversation that will build their resistance to bully and form group of likeminds to share common goals just like sports groups.