Emotional concerns of the adolescent: Adolescents usually have number of emotional problems. They must learn to control and express emotions in socially approved manners. Further, they should develop the ability to be free from emotional involvements in various situations as much as possible. When someone criticizes adolescents they are easily hurt. They should learn to accept criticism without being hurt.
If the emotions cannot be controlled they lead some major problems.
Following are few emotional problems :
• Eating disorder – fear of becoming overweight.
• Feelings of helplessness and low self-esteem.
• Jealously.
• Experiment with sex and drugs, (drug abuse)
• Loneliness.
• Social acceptance: If we neglect a child, the child feel frustrated, dejected and neglected. This is the major problem for the adolescent.