At which stage does psychological weaning occur?

Psychological weaning period is an unfamiliar term to many people. It has nothing to do with the weaning of children. The psychological weaning period that people often talk about refers to a stage that a person goes through from adolescence to early youth. Usually, people who have passed the psychological weaning period will begin to mature. So at what stage does the psychological weaning period of ordinary people occur?

At which stage does psychological weaning occur?

The psychological weaning period refers to the age stage from adolescence to early youth, which is a transitional period for children from childishness to maturity. Generally speaking, the various psychological phenomena during the "psychological weaning" period reflect the psychological progress of young children. It is a major change from being psychologically dependent on parents to showing independence. Parents should cherish this period of their children, view it correctly and adopt a welcoming attitude.

Characteristics of children in the psychological weaning period

The most important manifestation of children in this period is that their desire for independent activities becomes stronger and stronger. However, due to their lack of life experience, they cannot correctly understand self-esteem and just strongly demand that others treat them as adults. If parents still treat them as children at this time, they will get bored, feel that their self-esteem is hurt, and develop a rebellious mentality and opposing emotions.

Although children at this stage have developed self-awareness, their self-control ability is still poor and they often violate discipline unconsciously. They like to argue with others, but their arguments are insufficient; they like to express their opinions, but their judgments are inaccurate; they like to criticize others, but they tend to be one-sided; they like to doubt others, but they lack scientific basis.

Parents should have a positive attitude

Therefore, it is not enough for parents to be satisfied with understanding their children superficially. Parents must learn some psychological knowledge and understand the essence of the "psychological weaning period." The psychological weaning period is essentially a period when adolescents gradually become independent from their dependence on their parents as they grow physically and mentally, and are able to make their own judgments and solve new problems they face. This is a person's socialization process, and it is necessary to establish a close and equal friendship with them; we must believe that children have the ability to handle things independently. This is a period of transition from immaturity to maturity.

Therefore, parents should respect their children's self-esteem and support them as much as possible, especially when they encounter difficulties or failures, helping them analyze things, distinguish right from wrong, and deal with them correctly. On the other hand, parents should not be too accommodating to their children's unreasonable demands and bad behaviors, in case their children always use resistance to threaten their parents and achieve their own goals in the future. For more serious rebellious behavior, parents can adopt reward training methods to reinforce their children's submissive behavior.