Supporting Our Adolescent Boys and Girls To Keep Hygienic Conditions

Adolescent is a transition from childhood to adulthood. It's a transition where many changes and development goes on. Many studies show that the age lapse begins from as early as Nine (9) years in Western Countries and delays here in Southern Countries Ten and Eleven because of certain environmental factors like the kind of food and the weather conditions. It's important phenomenon that all parents and stakeholders should take a keen interest and guide the Adolescent child. Since the situation is marked by many psychological and emotional changes. During this time, the Adolescent child think that they are grown and can do what Adult do and because of hormonal influences they sometimes over-react and at the end can cause mess.

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Psychologist shows that with any little provocation, they would have the mindset of being rejected of what their parents don't allow them to do. What they often do becomes abstract and when you stand as a parent to correct them, they think that you don't like their matter or love others more than them. But, in an attempt to leave them to do what they like too generate a lot of calamities. They rather need a great counselling session and School Psychologist has to be up and doing discharging his or her duties regularly. Hyperactivity becomes their hobby. During that time, they could look upon themselves in a mirror for couple of minutes and admire themselves being matured since they see the reflection of the changes of their parents also experiencing the same thing. Girls could use more hours to dress after bathing and they take conscious time to look around themselves.

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The physical changes in girls

Adolescent Girls grow very fast. There is growth spurt in girls than in boys comparatively. Their hips enlarges. Breast begins to develop. Buttocks too begins to enlarge. The pubic hairs start to emerge. She begins to see menstrual cycle and the face develop some symptoms of pimples.

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The physical changes in boys

The rate of Adolescent Boys growth is not as their Girls mates. Adolescent Boys voice deepens. Their chest become broad. Their muscles develop more than Girls and that shows that they are masculine. Their pubic hairs grows.

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Why we should be concerned about Adolescent

We need to guide them even though they would behave as if they are adult and can do all things for themselves. This is preconception mindset most Adolescent have. Certain things like how to keep hygienic conditions of the private parts is very important for parents to keep close eyes on them. At times as parents we should be a little curious and check their body status when they finish dressing. How to bath, shave the hairs around their private parts should be concerned about parents. Since it's a period of transition, they are learning to play a role as Adults, but they aren't Adult yet. We should teach them how to use certain organic antibiotics like lemon to smear in their armpit. Their dress should be washed regularly. They should be trained how to wash their clothes, do household basic chores so that when they grow up they wouldn't depart from them. At school sessions we have School Health Education or SHEP whose duty is to have talks with Adolescent and all school children about how to keep themselves neat. We need to intensity this education in school so that Adolescent would be well equipped.

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