Human beings naturally tend to things through they have not been yet. For example, children at an early age usually want to be like their parents. They want to act, speak, react, and be on the same stage as adults. The remaining fascination needs are filled by the environment our children get, the drama and cartoons they have to watch. Overall, providing all the necessary fuel for children to get trapped into actions that may be inappropriate for their age. The domain of nutrition and dietic also claims that such behaviors are linked with the mother and child diet as well like, consuming broiler chicken that is raised by using multiple feeds with a significant impact on hormonal changes. However, we are focused on social factors, so we will be limited to these factors.
When we were in our teenage years, especially in our country, this scenario was becoming a trend where most teenagers were somehow involved with their classmates. The boys usually considered their act as a moment of pride. As we left the school, this trend didn’t fade and kept on emerging. At that time, I wasn’t much aware of the reasons and consequences of such foolish acts. Maybe I never thought, but now, when I used to have a flashback and create a scenario of teenagers getting involved with their classmates, I think the movies were one of the major reasons. The teenagers were interested in movies that were not related to their ages, and had a natural habit of getting fascinated by things that are common in adulthood, they mostly fell into those imaginative worlds.
Now, I have come to know about the consequences these things have on the overall development of a teenager’s mind as he moves from teenage to young adulthood. Such teenagers who get involved with girls are usually emotionally imbalanced. They lose the spark that a youngster must experience while entering their young age. They have a feeling of self-pity ( a feeling where a person feels sorry for himself, blaming misfortune). Self-pity is one of the most dangerous effects, I believe such a past can produce.
A teenager’s brain development is also impacted by the stress that he suffers due to such fascinating relationships at a young age. Serotonin is a chemical responsible for regulating mood, sleep, and emotions, and due to poor development of the mind, we usually see mood swings, aggression, and Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) becoming very common among developing teenagers.
Families are also affected, and what are the feelings of parents who raised their only son by sacrificing their desires? Families in our country are mostly dependent on boys for their future survival. This is too crucial for them to see a teenager who must be a symbol of energy and spark, to get trapped just because he didn’t get the exact environment to flourish.
Moving towards the reasons behind the flourishing of such trends, we come to know that the reasons are very negligible. The father or mother considers it normal if their four or five-year-old son is watching a movie that involves a love story, and more importantly, a story that is more unrealistic and does not have any possibility in reality. Such movies get stuck somewhere in between reality and their assumptions and become a reason for their future disturbance.
Now, you can take many other examples as well, but in all of them, teenagers’ surrounding environment is the major factor. As we discussed before, in the first example, “Movie” is an environment to which a teenager is getting exposed, and naturally teenager’s mind is at greater risk of getting attracted to anything to which he is exposed. So, the environment is the major factor that parents must pay attention to.
Teachers are also important stakeholders in such scenarios. Unfortunately, due to many reasons and maybe due to the overconcern of parents, teachers of today are afraid of scolding their students. Scolding does not involve any physical torture, but at least it must have the efficiency that gets students back on track. So, parents must cooperate here. I have seen many over-concerned parents blaming teachers for being rude, although the teachers weren’t.
Now, what if a teenager has become a victim of non-existent realities, and now we have to bring him back to life? This is a hard task to do and requires complete cooperation from both the victim and the surrounding ones. Firstly, there must be a complete behavior study of the victim, and we have to find the intervention points where he can be fed with such motivation that brings him back to life. Such points can be his travel to a calming place, accompanied by the one attached to him. The one attached to the victim must have strong emotional knowledge of him. Slightly exposing the victim to reality can also work, as we can’t solely depend on motivation, as excess motivation can sometimes lead to another idealistic situation, thus creating one problem after problem.
Further, the parents must ensure whether there is any need for medical treatment or not. It is advisable to consult a psychiatrist and psychologist to get a bit of detailed advice. We live in a society where past acts are often used as taunts, so being civilized members of society, we must avoid such taunts, thus playing a vital role in the personal development of the one who is suffering.
To avoid such scenarios in the future, schools must engage in productive sessions with students to make them digitally literate and able to differentiate between creative and non-productive digital media. Physical involvement of children is very necessary. It is evident from different research that when we run, serotonin production is boosted, and we can expect better moods and sleep.
Further, I have a firm belief that from the very start of child education, there must be a complete personality analysis of the child. This will lead to a better understanding of the child’s interest and instructors must work towards training the child for his interest. This will create a sense of productive aims, targets, and ambitions in life, leaving no space for such toxic exposures in the early ages.
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