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The period of adolescence is usually characterized by lots of crises upon crises. This is a period where the young person is faced with various choices. This choice spans friends and family. Most times what the peers present are usually different from what the parents present. When this happens, the child is faced with two conflicting choices to make. However, in most cases, it's those of the friends that prevail.
During this period, there's every likelihood that the child might run out of the parent's house to stay with an outsider, usually a friend. It takes a high level of discipline and trust for an adolescent to adhere to the instruction of their parents.
There are cases where they are involved in illicit sex which sometimes leads to unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Some are introduced to hard drugs and cultism.
Adolescence is a period of intense pressure on the child. It is a period of identity crises where the child will always want to feel among and fit in perfectly among friends.
It is also a period when young people tend to make lots of mistakes in life. Some tend to correct these mistakes in adulthood which often becomes too late. If a person escapes the mistakes of adolescents, such as solving seventy percent of his entire life problem.
I remember vividly during my adolescence years, I tend not to have many crises, this might be as a result of the iron hand of my parents towards raising me to be responsible in life. I was not allowed to keep friends, maybe my parents understood that most problems faced by young people are caused by the kind of friends they keep. At some point, I didn't have pressure from anywhere, rather I was afraid to do certain things which I knew weren't right. The fear of punishment happened to be a driving force for such a decision.
I remember when I was done with my university education, I visited home at the request of my parents to celebrate as the first graduate of the family. My father said that of all his children, I never give him a headache for one day. I don't know what prompted such a statement but I knew that throughout my high school and undergraduate days, they never heard any bad report from my end. Maybe I am specifically made.
The fact is that all crises that come with adolescents can be arrested if proper measures are put in place. Though children are born with different traits, some are peaceful while others seem to be troublesome. In all of this greater parental influence can bring the best out of the child.