My Recent Session on Parenting Adolescents

It's been a long time since i have shared ....

I would like share my experience about how the session went...

Firstly, i was pleasantly surprised to see the no.of parents (120) who had come for the session.
Good to see you all Parents!!!

I entered the session hall thinking that a very few parents would come and i can actually finish the session sooner...
Myself and my Colleague were jointly conducting the session and that too in the regional language...

We started off with what are the different issues parents of adolescents face these days and all the parents really did contribute to our session.
they were really amazing...

We jotted all the points they have given us and went on to discuss both sides of the coin viz., the parents perspective as well as the adolescents.

W did some role plays to show what the young adult might be thinking... and what are the concerns of the parents...
most of the parents agreed with " oh! This is exactly how my daughter behaves".

So we had to take them through changes during puberty, why young adults behave the way they behave ...
and how to build communication channels and keeping them open always so that when ever the child wants he/she can approach the parent with out any difficulty or fear...


Parents also did participate in the role plays..

The discussion went on to how can one improve the child's self esteem and building trust in the child.

We had concentrated a lot on the feelings of the child validating the child's as well as parents....

We had to wind up our discussion due to shortage of time, but believe me the session went on very well.

Towards the end when tea and snacks were being served many parents spoke to me and were very keen on having this kind of Brain storming so that they also get a fresh view of seeing the issue and also the ways they can cope with and make parenting a very pleasurable experience...


I really hope schools and colleges take the initiative in arranging for these kind of sessions so that everyone present benefits from all the brainstorming...

That's it from me for now...

Will post something very soon...