Guidance and Counseling in Adolescence –
In adolescence, some sudden physical and mental changes is noticed in adolescent boys and girls. They cannot adjust with this sudden change. This is why boys and girls of this age face some important problems and they do not understand what they should do at this time.
Parents, teachers and other members of the community should arrange proper guidance and counseling for adolescent boys and girls at this time, so that they can adjust properly with the problems that arise suddenly.
The guidance and counseling in adolescence that parents, teachers and other members of the community can give to boys and girls of this age are –
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1) To make the adolescents aware about the physical and mental changes of adolescence: –
First of all, parents, teachers and other members of the society should make adolescent boys and girls aware about their physical and mental changes. In this case, they will explain to the boys and girls of adolescence that sudden physical and mental changes at this age are normal and it is organized in all boys and girls of this age.
2) Provide proper sex education: –
Puberty is an important feature of adolescent boys and girls. The time when children are transformed from boys and girls to teenagers is called puberty in psychological language. During this time, various sexual characteristics are seen to emerge in boys and girls. For example, in the case of girls, it is seen that at this time their breasts become swollen, menstruation starts and so on. In the same way, in the case of boys, it is seen that at this time their voice is deep, their beards and mustaches start to come out and so on. As well as this time sexual needs develop among the boys and girls of adolescence. As a result, they feel the urge to associate with partners of the opposite sex. But, parents, teachers and other members of the society do not consider this behavior as good. This creates many problems in fulfillment of their sexual needs. In this situation they try to fulfill their sexual needs in an unwanted way. This makes the problem bigger.
At this time parents, teachers and other members of the society should provide proper psychological sex education to the boys and girls of adolescence, so that they can fulfill their sexual needs in a psychological way. And also be free from any sexual problem at this age.
3) Fulfill all the needs of the youth: –
Different types of needs are seen in adolescent boys and girls. In order to develop their proper personality, the needs need to be fulfilled properly. Otherwise there will be problems between them. So, parents, teachers and other members of the society should pay special attention to the needs of boys and girls of this age in order to fulfill their needs properly.
4) Provide friendly behavior and freedom: –
Adolescent boys and girls want to work independently and want to express independent opinions. In a word, boys and girls in adolescence want freedom. However, our conservative society, especially parents, does not want to give freedom to boys and girls.
In this situation parents should be friendly with their children and give them some freedom.
5) Help boys and girls to choose their education and career according to their choice: –
Currently choosing the right education and career is a difficult task. Almost all adolescents in every society face this problem. Most of the time, it is seen that parents force their children to choose their future education and career according to their choice. In this case, the wrong choice of future education and career creates frustration among boys and girls, as well as there is a waste of time, labor and energy.
So, every parent should help their children to choose their future education and career so that they can choose their own future education and career according to their own preferences. In this case, parents should never force their children to choose future education and career according to them.
6) Teach socialization: –
It is essential to provide socialization education to every adolescent so that he / she can adapt properly to every sector of the society. In this case, parents, teachers and other members of the society will pay special attention. They will give various tasks in groups to the adolescence for the purpose of teaching them proper socialization.
7) Fulfill the need for knowledge: –
An important need of the boys and girls of Adolescence is the need for knowledge. Due to this need, boys and girls of this age are curious about different things and want to know them. Parents, teachers and other members of the society should try to fulfill all kinds of curiosities of boys and girls in a scientific and constructive manner in order to fulfill their demand for knowledge.
Guidance and Counseling in Adolescence
⇒ Different Stages of Development.
⇒ Adolescence and It’s aspects of Development.