Middle school age is a very curious period of growing up for a child who has barely made it to the stage of adolescence.
Children of this age have certain features of growing up. And sometimes parents just don't know what to do about it. The point is that there is a psychology of middle age that can go a long way in helping parents cope with the difficulties of their children's adolescence.
Mean age in teenagers
Middle age is the transition from childhood to adolescence. This time often falls on children from 12 to 15 years old and can bring awkward sensations to teenagers with the usual restructuring of the whole organism, both in the physical and moral sense. Many parents know that in the very first place, middle age implies the puberty of a teenager. Moreover, in girls, this period occurs a little earlier than in boys. In this momentthere may be a change in the mental balance of a teenager, his behavior, his communication with peers of the opposite sex is changing.
Some features of growing up
Of course, during this period, criticality is a feature of adolescents. They have their own opinion, which very often does not agree with the opinion of adults. Criticality, which is very pronounced, can eventually turn into an inability to adapt to the surrounding opinion. Therefore, a teenager will invariably be outside of society, since it is always unpleasant for society when he is criticized. Parents in the eyes of a teenager simply lose their authority, and this must be remembered. If at one time a small child constantly followed his parents and agreed with them in everything, now it is a little different. Undoubtedly, if at a younger age it was enough to lay certain guidelines for the authority of parents, then the middle age implies a certain loss of it.
Advice to parents
Parents need to take into account that in their middle age a teenager becomes not only critical, but also imitative. It is for this reason that he easily copies the behavior of his peers. Therefore, carefully monitor those around you who are close to your child. Since your authority is slightly weakened, the manner of copying peers can lead to the fact that a teenager simply falls into bad company. During this period, your child may sometimes incorrectly expresstheir emotions and feelings, which should not be afraid. Prerequisites and signs of such behavior are:
- selfishness;
- isolation;
- outbursts of anger;
- stubbornness;
- withdrawal into oneself;
- hyperactivity;
- leadership obsessions;
- aggressive and pronounced feeling of protest;
- unjustified feeling of self-sufficiency.
Parents, always remember that no matter how your child during this period of his growing up is capricious or furious, no matter how extremely illogical and inadequate he acts, all these are absolutely normal manifestations for the period of middle school age. You should not order anything, impose your beliefs on a teenager, or issue ultimatums. In situations like this, you most likely need to be the gray cardinal who will guide your child in the right and right direction.
