Many teens feel pressured throughout high school. Parents often put pressure on us so that we succeed and we can be the best we can be. In the article, Parental Pressure on Children, many different doctors and psychologist have found negative effects of parenting pressure on teens. Many parents want their teen to grow up and become mature. However, kids should be able to develop on their own time.
According to Dr. Andrew Weil, of the University of Arizona Medical School, “behaving like a child is what helps your child foster creativity and imagination, and facing too much parental pressure can have lasting negative effects on your child”. Letting kids grow is how they will eventually succeed. Parenting pressure also affects people’s overall emotional levels. Weil found “children are more likely to suffer from self-esteem issues and confidence problems if they feel that your parental pressure is too strong”. Too much pressure can affect a child's overall performance and in the end make the teen feel weak and stressed. Northern Illinois University education department gives the example of “when parents spend too much time pressuring their kid to perform well in school and sports, he or she might not get adequate sleep, which could affect his mood, his learning comprehension and his attitude”. These negative attitudes and tendencies can make teens feel like they are not able to please their parents and eventually will struggle. Adults need to give children more freedom and less pressure so that they can learn to achieve things on their own and not feel like they let someone down when they fail. They need to learn from their mistakes and apply them so that in the future they can get what they want.
According to Dr. Andrew Weil, of the University of Arizona Medical School, “behaving like a child is what helps your child foster creativity and imagination, and facing too much parental pressure can have lasting negative effects on your child”. Letting kids grow is how they will eventually succeed. Parenting pressure also affects people’s overall emotional levels. Weil found “children are more likely to suffer from self-esteem issues and confidence problems if they feel that your parental pressure is too strong”. Too much pressure can affect a child's overall performance and in the end make the teen feel weak and stressed. Northern Illinois University education department gives the example of “when parents spend too much time pressuring their kid to perform well in school and sports, he or she might not get adequate sleep, which could affect his mood, his learning comprehension and his attitude”. These negative attitudes and tendencies can make teens feel like they are not able to please their parents and eventually will struggle. Adults need to give children more freedom and less pressure so that they can learn to achieve things on their own and not feel like they let someone down when they fail. They need to learn from their mistakes and apply them so that in the future they can get what they want.
In my community, parenting pressure is a real issue. Many kids feel they need to be the best student, athlete, musician etc. in order to please their parents. I find that this often times stresses out kids and many times the kids end up stressed out and quit trying. Parents should definitely try to influence their child to be the best they can be but, they have to make sure how much pressure they are putting on them.
What is it like if parents really do not care about your schooling?
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