Kid’s – What’s the Deal ?

If we want a ready definition of insanity, it seems that we only have to look at adolescents. There’s something about this innately difficult life transition that’s peppered with an invasive dose of insanity and some unidentifiable degree of irrationality. And because this appears to be the case, we often stand back in fear questioning if they’ll ever make it through this time in their lives. And if perchance they do, what in the world is the future going to look like?

Yet, we need to compassionately understand that this is a time of terribly difficult transition. Indeed, it is an utterly confusing and madly disorienting time for the adolescents that are traversing this ever-shifting bridge from childhood to adolescence. As parents and adults, there are several key and quite effective things that we can do to assist adolescents through this tumultuous time in their lives, while concurrently making our lives a bit easier as well.