Teenagers don’t listen to their parents and adults don’t understand their children, which is very common perception in our society.
The problem is as it has been from yester years, “generation gap.”
The problems arising from generation gap is mainly due to communication problems between teenagers and adults, whether the adults are their guardians or teachers. The problems arise when teenagers feel it is necessary to prove their adults wrong because of their opinions, beliefs, behavior, etc.
The problems arising from generation gap is mainly due to communication problems between teenagers and adults, whether the adults are their guardians or teachers. The problems arise when teenagers feel it is necessary to prove their adults wrong because of their opinions, beliefs, behavior, etc.
“I don’t share my secrets with my parents because they won’t understand me no matter what,” says Bibhav Koirala, an SLC graduate. Once adults don’t listen to their teenagers, the young ones retaliate in their own way, they say.
Due to their lack of being able to share their problems with their elders, the younger generation is found to be getting into such unhealthy vices as drug abuse, smoking, drinking, and running away from their homes, and even committing suicide. Teens are generally found to be having problems with everything and everybody around them, as vebels they tend to be.
Many teens are also found wanting to stay away from their homes because of the continuous rows they have with their family.
“I don’t want to stay at home even though my family house is in Chapagaun, and I can easily make it to my college in the morning from home,” says Garima Maharjan, who is currently staying at a private hostel. “I can no more stand the arguments that take place every now and then in my family.”
Peer pressure can also widen the gap that already exists between parents and their teenagers. Tempting proposals from friends compel teens to lie to their parents and getting into dangers.
“I want to go out of the Valley with my friends during my holidays, but my parents don’t allow me to do so. But I go with my friends anyway and don´t tell my parents,” says Aditya Pokhrel, a +2 graduate.
In order to lessen the generation gap and prevent their juniors from doing wrong things, parents should start listening to their children. Attempts to understand them can result in better relationship between parents and their teen children.
Challenges like peer pressure, financial crises, difficulties in studies, affairs of the heart, and other age-related issues should be listened to sympathetically and patiently by parents and they should also provide their teens with the necessary solutions to their problems. Perhaps, school and college counselors, too, can come to the aid of their teenage students, along with patents, teachers discussions and findings.
In these many ways, teenagers can be dealt with constructively in the family, their place of studies as well as in society for long-term and mutual benefits.
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