“Adolescence is a time when the worst and best impulses in a person fight with each other
and begin to take over the person. "
G.Stanley Hall
Adolescent, from childhood It means a person who steps into adulthood. We are now talking about a very valuable process in which he tries to find his own personality and begins to think about the world and existence. Adolescents have three important resources in this process: Family, school and friends. In this period, which we call finding or creating an identity, the adolescent's identity confusion may cause him to encounter some wrong habits or psychological problems.
A study shows that a warm and close relationship with the parents is more important for adolescents. It acts as a protective factor for psychological problems that may develop later.
Dynamics of This Period
Adolescence period, its dynamism It is a very high and rapidly developing transition period. In addition to coping with all the biological, psychological and physical changes he experiences, the adolescent tries to complete his healthy identity development. Especially social relationships also enter the structuring process.
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Before puberty, gray matter in the brain continues to increase. This increases the adolescent's reasoning and planning, and this development in the brain improves the maturation of behavior, emotion and thought.
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With the increase in the production of growth and reproductive hormones. The first biological changes are seen in the body. Genetic and environmental factors are very important in this biological transition.
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Adolescence is the period of searching for social values that will be carried into adulthood. During this period, they especially question social order and moral judgments. The adolescent produces thoughts about what a moral stance against immorality means, his own rights versus his responsibilities towards others, and many situations about how a society exists or what goes wrong.
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One of their most important characteristics is that they think they are at the center of the world. They have imaginary audiences And they think that everything they do and feel is being watched. Only their problems are important. Parents should not remain indifferent to this situation, they need to make their children feel that they are accepted.
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Today, one of the changes that causes the most distress is the amount of time the adolescent spends with the family, friends. transferring it to their surroundings. Adolescent believes that his friends will be the ones who will understand him best in this process. Since they experience similar changes, a certain amount of axis shift towards their friends should be considered normal. However, here, the parent-adolescent relationship and communication is the criterion that will determine the adolescent's ability to establish a healthy balance. If the adolescent cannot achieve this balance, problems arise as the parent begins to be unable to reach the child.
“Of course, we were never adolescents…” “They came up with a thing called adolescence…” “ We may encounter many expressions such as "If only we had treated our mother and father like this..." Dear parents who use these expressions, you are comparing your child's childhood with your own, but don't you think you should also compare your parental attitude with that of your family? Since they most likely do not have the same behavioral attitudes, the behavior patterns of children in two periods will differ.
I would like to briefly draw attention to this: Please consider each period within its own possibilities and conditions!
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