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Suggest Treatment For Negative Thought In A Teenaged Boy

My son is now 15.5 years old, since six months his behavior and attitude about family members became changed, and consciousness about the study also degraded. what we should do to move him in positive things, otherwise how much more time he will behave like this?
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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This is a tender age of psycho-physiological changes. There are quite a many possibilities of change in attitude and lower work performance in an adolescent. Most important and worrisome are drug dependence (alcohol, smoking etc.) and mood swings (ups and downs).
As a parent, you would have to be supportive and friendly towards him and at the same time give him his personal space because adolescents tend to trust their friends most in this age. Try to talk to his friends and gather information if anything is worrying him. And most importantly, never scold him.
A more detailed description of his behavior would help in understanding his problem more.
Thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Negative Thought In A Teenaged Boy

This is a tender age of psycho-physiological changes. There are quite a many possibilities of change in attitude and lower work performance in an adolescent. Most important and worrisome are drug dependence (alcohol, smoking etc.) and mood swings (ups and downs). As a parent, you would have to be supportive and friendly towards him and at the same time give him his personal space because adolescents tend to trust their friends most in this age. Try to talk to his friends and gather information if anything is worrying him. And most importantly, never scold him. A more detailed description of his behavior would help in understanding his problem more. Thanks.