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Al. Weaver — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:09:38 +0000

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Sleep disorders of the adolescents

Al. Weaver — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:21:54 +0000

According to a study of the national Institute of health and medical research, 40 % of the teenagers in school feel often tired. Where does this problem come from? How to rediscover rest?

Often connected with sleep disorders, the fatigue must be however followed with attention and by eliminating the most evident causes.

Why teenagers don’t get a good night sleep?

Does he/she spend too much time in front of his/her computer or playing his/her video games before going to bed?

Does he/she consume too much coke or coffee, especially at the end of the day?

Is he/she anxious about an exam for the next day?

If he/she has difficulties to get to sleep, you can start by suggesting him/her, in the evening before bedtime, grandmother’s remedies like good warm bath or herb tea. If he/she has a nervous temperament maybe yoga could help him/her find some serenity.

It is frequent that teenagers suddenly feel knackered due to a push of growth or an energy burn more important than usual. These “slumps” can disappear after one good night of sleep.

On the other hand, if the fatigue persists for several weeks, if it is not reduced after sleep, if, on top of that, it is accompanied with moroseness, it can then be a symptom of depression.

If this fatigue is accompanied with dizziness or with excessive paleness, it can then be due to a strong anemia. In that case, it is important to speak about it with your family doctor.

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Their entry in middle school is an important stage, do we have to see there the beginning of autonomy of our children?

Al. Weaver — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:54:49 +0000

By arriving at middle school, children lose a unique, close teacher, comparable to parents. This reference teacher is missing in middle school. It is a moment when we ask the adolescents to be autonomous while they are still very dependent finally. At the beginning of the 6^th grade, in my opinion, every teacher should take care of four teenagers to restore this privileged link, reinstating affection in the educational link. I believe that it would be necessary to eliminate educational neutrality. Albert Camus would, without doubt, never have become Albert Camus without the determining influence of Mister Germain, his elementary school teacher, had on his school years.

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The adolescence corresponds to important physical changes. How can parents accompany them in this transformation?

Al. Weaver — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:51:25 +0000

Parents should not especially get involved in it! I believe firmly that it is necessary to leave the questions of health and sexuality of adolescents to health care professionals who surround them: family doctors, paediatrician, school nurses. Studies indicate that more than 70 % of the children trust their family doctor. It is necessary to take advantage of this privileged relation to let them live what I consider as a part of discovery and autonomy.

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What indications show that the adolescent crisis begins and what are those who indicate that it touches its end?

Al. Weaver — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:49:16 +0000

The beginning of the crisis of our teenagers is marked by indications funny to identify. During the 5^th grade in elementary school, for example, we see their hair and their hairstyles changing. They also begin refusing to get dressed as you would like to. And then there are all these shrugs of shoulders, when you talk to them..

Then, when they exhausted all their aggressiveness, all their behavior of refusal and opposition, we can say that they are reaching the end of the adolescent crisis. At this moment, you will regain your little child, as he was before the puberty. Generally, it occurs around the 11^th and 12^th grade of high school. I really believe that they grow in the continuity, and not through ruptures.

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Questions of education

Al. Weaver — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:11:16 +0000

If raising your child was already a difficult task, to accompany the teenager he became, seems even more difficult to you. Because he/she asserts more and more autonomy, you have the impression that you are not controlling anything anymore. Some advices to help you to understand him/her and some practical solutions to key situations will be posted in a very short time.

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Adolescence: how to recognize problematic behavior

Al. Weaver — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:57:13 +0000

Does every parent recognize a change in the behavior of an adolescent? Between the crisis of adolescence and the search for identity, it is sometimes difficult to understand the adolescents…

Note: I have posted the full article in a directory, feel free to read it.

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Adolescent psychology: manage the crisis!

Al. Weaver — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:31:16 +0000

Your child is today a teenager in fit shape, avid for independence and autonomy. Going from teenager crisis to food behavior problems via sexuality, we will try to help you to accompany him or her on this important phase of their lives.

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