Every child during their adolescence and early youth stage go through enormous pressure due to their peers and a deep desire to be like another friend or person. Every one of us have undergone this pressure. It is a crucial phase to handle. Certainly with care and wisdom it is possible to handle this delusive pressure.
Understand the pressure: Every individual has gone through this phase. These are normal pressures that every adolescent experience and you don’t need to attach too much meaning or importance to them. Remember, it is a phase and it will go away the way it did for you and your friends.
So, don’t put additional pressure on your children for something that is a normal part of growing up and developing one’s identity.
Involvement in decision-making: Providing them with learning opportunities is all that parents can do to ensure that thier child develops his own identity based on his individual abilities and interests. Allow your child to be part of decision-making so that they can learn about themselves.