The past C-Series events have touched on different topics every month, and this time around, the topic made a few head-turns among parents. Teenagers can be very complicated by nature, they tend to be more rebellious, wanting and needing different things, going through a path where different emotions takes place, and so on so forth.
Every parent wants to prepare their children to learn and face the many challenges when they are on their own, independently. Besides that, they also need to raise self-reliant children but are not sure if they are doing it right.
Ms. Ruth Liew taught the participants to guide and help teens develop self inner-directed behaviour such as being accountable for their own acts and beliefs.
About Ms. Ruth Liew:
She is a"US-trained Child Developmentalist" with over 20 years of experience working with parents, teachers, children and teens. She is also a popular national daily (The Star) parenting columnist.
What about teenagers? " The more things you add in their lives, the more they want it. If they do not have it, they tend to get very frustrated. We have to look at today's parents because as teenagers, they will still have their rebellious stage be it now, or the past. What has changed in today's society is that, parents now try to give their children the best. They get worried about the children's transportation to school or college, the time they wake up, and further more."
She also added, "Parents need to know that teenagers are responsible for their own timing and activities. They go to college for themselves, not for you or anyone else. There has to be a shared relationship between parents and their children. We need to give them a sense of responsibility because this is a stage where they will face failures in life. They will need to go through failures and realise their own mistakes. At one point, we need to allow them to do what they like, for example: Studying their preferred course in college."
- Participants were all ears -
According to Ms. Liew, teenagers are focusing on everything, everywhere. They tend not to focus on one main thing. They'd rather focus on something else rather than on something in front of them. Example: When a teacher is teaching, the attention might be diverted on a class mate. Teenagers who are in secondary schools and colleges are pretty much on their own. They already have the skills which they acknowledge from young. What they can already handle, "Let it go."
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