Posted by Chester Morton / Tuesday, 1 November 2016 / No comments
How to prevent irresponsible adolescent behaviour
Do not Over-protect adolescent children
One of the ways to prevent irresponsible adolescent
is the way some parents over-protect their children. Parents must leave their
children to learn some lessons of their own while they continue to guide them.
Parents must allow their adolescent children to have some freewill to act on their
own while the parents still guide and direct them.
Good Parental control and care
Another method by which parents can prevent their
adolescent children from becoming irresponsible is to create an atmosphere that
is conducive for their children to stay in. The parents must avoid authoritarian
in their approach to parenthood in the house.
Provision of basic needs
Again, parents must ensure the provision of the
basic needs of their children. This is especially so for adolescent children.
When this is done, it is able to prevent or at least, control the way the
adolescents try other means of getting those basic needs for themselves.
Moral education
Also the parents must ensure that they instill in
their children a very good moral education. They must instill in the adolescent
child the type of moral discipline that they will make sure they behave
properly. Such good moral education helps to develop good moral habits in the
adolescents. This way, they become law abiding and respect authority.
Adolescent information
Another way of preventing irresponsible adolescent
bahaviour is to give vital information to the adolescent children both at home
and in school. Information of that nature is able to equip the children and
helps them to recognize the dangers associated with irresponsible behaviour. Knowing the consequences of their
irresponsible behavior also helps them to avoid them.
Guidance and counseling
Guidance and counseling is very important for adolescent
children. This must be given by both parents and if possible by professional counselors.
Once the adolescent children receive such counseling, it prevents adolescents from
becoming irresponsible in their behaviour. Guidance and counseling channels adolescent
children away from acts like teenage sex, drug abuse, armed robbery,
prostitution, drunkenness etc.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1. In which
six ways can irresponsible adolescent behavior be prevented?
