You can help your child through this crucial period of great physical and emotional development. By Christina Viegas

Adolescents aren’t out to ‘get’ their parents (though yes, it may often seem that way!); they’re just trying to assert their own identity.

Take It In Your Stride
Adolescence is a good time for both children and parents to let go, while still understanding that they are there for each other. It is a little before this stage that children attain puberty.

“Parents have to realise that their attitude towards puberty will influence how their young children will experience it. Both parents and kids should realise that puberty is nothing to be scared of and should not be viewed with fear,” states Dr Madhavi Raiker, MD, Raiker Nursing Home, Goa.

She continues, “It is just another, but very important milestone in child development.”