A challenging task for parents and teachers who are involved with adolescents is attempting to understand the meaning of the child's struggles. For example, often a child's difficulty getting organized, focused and responding to increased academic demands is not a reflection of any cognitive deficit. In fact, in very bright children, there is often a gap between their intellectual and emotional readiness. I need a bit more support. I am beginning to become my own person.
Children vary widely.
One youngster may be able to attend to homework and school-related tasks without any parental supervision whereas another might need to be supervised at the kitchen under the parent's watchful eye. Physically, your children's bodies are changing. Adolescents are becoming increasingly concerned with how they appear to others. These pre-adolescents are beginning to develop an emerging sense of their sexuality, and they have many questions about it though they are not always comfortable asking them. Efforts at separating from parents can create tension even within the strongest of family units.