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Adolescence can be tough for many people and having a bully hanging around can
make it even worse. Here is some useful information about being a teenager and dealing with bullies.
Adolescence is the period of psychological
and social transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence can be a scary time, full of angst and new emotions. It
is also a time when the tremendous amount of energy of young people can contribute to many worthwhile projects. The more parents
and teachers can do to engage teenagers, the more likely it is that young people will have a successful transition becoming
an adult.
Bullying among children and teenagers has often been dismissed as a normal part of growing
up. Little attention has been paid to the devastating effects of bullying, or to the connection between bullying and other
forms of violence. In recent years, however, students and adults have begun to make a commitment to stop bullying in their
schools and communities.
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How can I help an adolescent who is showing symptoms of depression?
When
you note a profound change in the behaviour of an adolescent, when you are concerned and you suspect a depression, you can
help in four ways:
1. Decode the behaviour of the adolescent
2. Don't leave the adolescent isolated
3. Refer the
adolescent
4. Don't try to play the therapist
SLEEP--
The patterns that young teens seemed to be experiencing -- an inability
to go to sleep at night, followed by profound drowsiness on waking -- seemed so pervasive that it should come as no a surprise
that what parents were seeing at home had already been corroborated in university sleep labs.
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