Piccinini P, Franchini F, Salvatore A, Murganic V, Calabri G B, Masoni F
Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Firenze, Italia.
Pediatr Med Chir. 1998 Mar-Apr;20(2):133-4.
The Pediatrician is daily in contact with a large number of adolescents, and therefore is able to recognize those who display behavioural problems. The Pediatrician is often asked for advice in order to solve practical problems such as the choice of school, the practice of sports, ecc. His advice is somehow conditioned by his previous experiences as an adolescent and, if he is a parent himself, by his present familial situation. In the last years, the problems of the adolescents and the fears of their parents have changed, the main concern being today the one for work, due to the high levels of unemployment and underemployment affecting our society. In this situation, some of the most frequent attitudes of parents towards adolescents seem to be erroneous, such as asking them for social success at any cost (e.g. attending unwelcome studies or performing inappropriate sports). This leads to failures that often prove to be unbearable for young people not trained to face and overcome frustration. Parents also seem often to underestimate the possibility of their own "child" being involved in episodes of hooliganism, shoplifting, violence like the ones daily described by the media. The excessive idealization of adolescents by their parents seems to be one of the main causes of this situation. The Pediatrician can intervene with advice, in order to orientate adolescents towards realistic life objectives and a satisfactory development of their personality.
儿科医生每天都会接触大量青少年，因此能够识别出那些有行为问题的青少年。人们经常向儿科医生寻求建议，以解决一些实际问题，比如学校的选择、体育活动的开展等等。他的建议在某种程度上受到他自己青少年时期经历的影响，如果他自己是一位家长，还会受到他目前家庭状况的影响。在过去几年里，青少年的问题以及他们父母的担忧发生了变化，如今主要的担忧是工作问题，因为高失业率和就业不足影响着我们的社会。在这种情况下，父母对青少年最常见的一些态度似乎是错误的，比如不惜一切代价要求他们在社会上取得成功（例如参加不感兴趣的学业或进行不适当的体育活动）。这会导致失败，而对于没有接受过面对和克服挫折训练的年轻人来说，这些失败往往是难以承受的。父母似乎也常常低估自己的“孩子”参与诸如媒体每天报道的流氓行为、商店行窃、暴力事件的可能性。父母对青少年的过度理想化似乎是造成这种情况的主要原因之一。儿科医生可以提供建议进行干预，以便引导青少年朝着现实的生活目标和个性的满意发展方向前进。
