What cause teenage stress?
Most of the times parents fail to recognize that their teenagers are having stress. Just because they are kids, it doesn’t mean they don’t have personal issues. Teenage kids are just like adults. They are even more vulnerable when they become stressed out. They have lesser tolerance than grown ups. As parents, you should be able to identify the condition, or it might become a full-fledge depression or aggression.
There are various factors that lead to teenage stress:
* body changes, or wanting to have the ideal body
* peer problem or pressure
* demands and frustrations in school
* family issues like separation or divorce
* negative concept about themselves
* death in the family
* moving to a new neighborhood or school
* high expectations
* chronic illness
* financial problems of the family
When teenagers become overwhelmed with stress, they usually become carried away. In most cases, they will learn to develop their own coping mechanism. Some of these kids turn to alcohol or even drugs.
October 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
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