Adolescent years are the best years of our lives. Most of us have very fond memories of childhood and teenage years but then most things also look better in retrospect. With the fond memories, we are also reminded of the difficulties we faced with adjustment as teenagers, social decorum or behavioral norms. Teenage years are very crucial and coping with them becomes easier when we have a mentor or a guide to look up to whether in the form of a parent, friend or teacher. These are the years when most of us develop our personalities. Experiences in these years shapes us in later years and determines the people we end up becoming. Adolescence comes with its set of good and bad or pros and cons to sound more conventional. Problems range from teenage pregnancy to peer pressure and depression. Some of these have a plausible solution while others do not. Take for example teenage pregnancy which is common to almost all factions of society and culture. As adults we must appropriately inform teenagers of proper usage of contraception. Correct guidance and openness is the ruse. Hesitation in the parents to talk openly to their children can lead both into trouble. Also in addition children need to be properly educated about sex and related topics. When both guiding forces whether the home or school encourages openness in a child, the possibility of him coping with his adolescence or say adulthood is easier. We in modern societies take adolescence for granted. The advent from childhood into manhood is not that much of a big deal, for us. Notice primitive societies and most you would find out had a ceremony to announce this change. Several communities till date have continued this. It helps the adolescent to make his entry into the adult world and is not that much of a bad idea at all.
November 15, 2024