PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE AND REMEDIES
Most problems of adolescence are due to failure in
understanding the anatomical, morphological and psychological changes expected
during adolescence. Psychologically, adolescence is such a vulnerable stage
that boys / girls of this age are easily carried away by perceptions generated
by
1. Misleading and misguiding parents,
teachers, friends, brother/sisters.
2. Ignorance of elders.
3. Half - informed or ill - informed friends,
brothers, sisters.
4. Wrongful messages depicted through TV
serials, advertisements, films
5. Publications carrying partially or fully
false information.
Such perceptions can be anything in the range of studies,
sex, society, married life, career, religion, politics, or any relevant
subject. Every adolescent boy or girl is prone to such exposures - which
ultimately are retained as perceptions in their minds to form their behavioral
patterns.
The problems of adolescence are classified as
1. Morphological / developmental
2. Psychological
3. Social
4. Educational.
Some
problems are absolutely unimportant and trivial. They could be easily ignored.
But even such problems cause great concern to adolescent people.
Morphological / Developmental Problems
1. over growth of hair or undergrowth of hair
2.
over
weight and underweight
3.
skin
color problems
4.
Facial
deformities, pimples, etc.
5.
Limb
deformities
6. Abnormal growth of genitals and breasts.
Psychological Problems
Ignorance about many basic facts leads to
psychological problems like
1.
Misconceptions
about sexual feelings, sex related issues.
2.
Misconceptions
about child birth, reproduction.
3.
Misconceptions
about coitus, menstrual cycles.
4.
Fear
about sex and sexual issues.
5.
Guilt
feeling about sex related issues.
6.
Inferiority
/ Superiority complex about skin color, beauty, mental ability and IQ.
7.
Inexplicable
perceptions about dress and fashion codes.
8.
Wrong
and unrealistic ideologies about friendship and courtship.
9.
Perceptional
or communicational or preconceived complications about their teachers and
parents.
10.
Attraction
towards opposite sex.
11.
Unrealistic
and illogical curiosity about sex and sex related issues.
12.
Exceptional
vulnerability to suicide psychology.
Social
1. Anticipated unemployment and insecurity due
to unemployment.
2.
Unwarranted
and inexplicable heartedness towards brother / sisters, friends.
3. Intense closeness with brothers / sisters,
friends.
4. Unpredictable and volatile relationships
with friends.
5. Unrealistic social perceptions about
violence, love, sex as influenced by media.
6. Unusually vulnerable and volatile relations
with relatives.
7. Fear / imagination about married life, life
partners.
Educational
1. Tensions of attending the classes,
examinations and tests.
2. Low IQ feeling.
3. Fear about failure in examination.
4. Fear about low score.
5. Fear and concern about a future career.
6. Misconceptions about teachers.
Due to many problems faced during adolescence, the boys
and girls of the age between 8 -16 form a separate category by themselves.
Their problems are specific to themselves. Most of the problems faced by them
are perceptional. By timely and effective guidance - many of their problems
could be solved. Some of them may need medical / psychiatric attention. In
India, the parents influence their behaviour, thoughts and are in position to
solve many problems - if they have positive approach.
Despite all efforts being made by parents, teachers,
large numbers of adolescents face one or many problems. When the problem is
aggravated, the parents may take them to doctors. But most of them face minor
problems - modifying their behavioral patterns, personality as a whole. The
implications of problems in adolescence can be moral or social.
Social Implications
1. Future citizen may have a high IQ due to
positive thinking and reorientation of their mental resources towards positive
personality development.
2. A section of future population may turn
into disgruntled, impatient group of people due to grooming of misconceptions
about society, love, law, relations, etc.
3. Due to wrong educational policies and ever
growing unemployment problems - a section of population may turn hostile
against the whole society, which breeds and deepens the antisocial activities
and perverted thinking.
4. Many of the wrong perception about sex
related problems may lead them to unwanted motherhood, anxiety or illegal
termination of pregnancy.
5. Some problems during adolescence are
decisive in building the personalities (positive and negative) - who may or may
not utilize the opportunities open to them during their later life.
6. When teachers, parents, brothers /sisters
or any close person has positive dominant personality to effectively guide the
adolescent at right time - they turn out to be very useful section of future
population.
7. Imaginary fear, imaginary anxieties and
unrealistic expectations as well as host of strong misconceptions may
ultimately end up with personalities of negative / perverted thoughts.
8. In extreme disillusions, tension, wrongful
personality and maladjustments - a section of population may have to be
psychiatric patients. Psychosis of mild nature may remain untreated and
unnoticed. Such people will not do anything useful to the society or their
families.
9. Adolescent being influenced by mass media
like electronic media, print media or computer culture - may be guided or
misguided by such exposure. When misguided - they are likely to develop
negative perception about many social values.
10.
The
social implications of adolescent problems are dependent upon social structure.
In a country like India - where family ties are strong due to emotional,
financial, religious attachments - the gravity of implications is less. But in
an individualistic society like US / Europe - where family ties are shallow -
the gravity of implications can be far more serious.
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