How should parents and the public proactively respond to the mental stress faced by teenagers?

In modern society, many young people are under tremendous academic pressure and face a lot of pressure from others' expectations. Some children may be able to overcome it and continue to move forward; some children may be caught off guard and fall into deep internal friction.

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Why do people suppress their emotions and refuse to express them?

1. Growth experience

When children were young, their parents didn’t pay much attention to their emotions, or even looked down on them. Or when children expressed their emotions to their parents, they were hurt, which led to them not wanting to confide their thoughts anymore.

2. Think that releasing it is useless

Some people may believe that if there is a problem, it should be solved. If it cannot be solved, there is no point in releasing your feelings and emotions.

3. Care about others

Influenced by the environment, they think that being emotional is childish and fragile, and if they are discovered, they will be laughed at and looked down upon. And they care a lot about what others think of them.

4. Worrying about negative emotions affecting others

Thinking that the person you confide in will be affected by your emotions, you choose to digest it yourself. The tendency to hide and suppress emotions is often a deep-rooted habit we develop due to environment and time.

How can parents and the public understand and help children?

1. Avoid setting unrealistic goals

Anyone's success needs to be achieved step by step and down to earth. Therefore, it is recommended that parents avoid setting unrealistic goals. If you do not consider the actual situation of your child and only want your child to be the best, it will make your child feel tremendous pressure.

Don’t restrict your children too much, as this will make them feel depressed and gradually want to stay away from their parents. In particular, don’t let them do anything except study.

2. Listen to your child’s concerns

In life, some people may look at psychological problems with tinted glasses, which makes it difficult for children to open their hearts and they dare not speak out for fear of being discriminated against.

Listening may not bring direct help to children, but it will relieve their inner stress. Parents should create a safe and harmonious atmosphere so that children can talk about their psychological problems with confidence.

3. Teach your children not to think in absolute terms

We can have many choices in life, but we must not let children think absolutely and put their hopes in life on the "only" goal. In this way, once the only goal fails, the child will not be able to bear it and may even lose hope in life.

Children should be taught to think about problems through multiple channels. For example, some parents teach their children that it is good to be good at studying, but being good in other aspects is also a way out. All roads lead to Rome. This will avoid being influenced by some absolute beliefs, and children will not get stuck in a dead end.

4. Allow enough rest and recreation time

Sleep is very important for everyone. Without good rest, the mind cannot be concentrated, which is not conducive to effective learning, and thus causes stress for children.

Entertainment is a good way to relieve children's stress. Letting children entertain themselves appropriately or taking children to entertain together will make children feel happy and relieve stress.

5. Understand and encourage children

In order to reduce the psychological pressure of children, parents need to adopt a positive and encouraging attitude in life and avoid frequently denying their children, otherwise it will increase the pressure on their children.

Therefore, in order to keep children mentally healthy, parents should understand their children, respect their children, and actively encourage their children, especially when their children fail.

6. Accept your children

For older children, when they enter a period of heavy academic workload, they may feel isolated due to learning problems and even develop some negative emotions and behaviors, such as self-harm, depression, and anxiety.

Therefore, parents cannot ignore the harm of psychological problems. When necessary, they should take their children to psychological counseling, provide support and companionship to their children, and help them vent their emotions and relieve anxiety.

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Faced with various social pressures, no matter how children cope with them, their families and the public need to give them more understanding and support.

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