ESSAY: HOW LACK OF AFFECTION OR ATTENTION CAN AFFECT A TEENAGER.

Some or most parents may think that simply providing their child with food, roof
over their head and essential needs are enough for the child. However, what they usually
don't realize is that their child needs affection and attention such as hugs, spending time
together, small talks, praises are important for their development. One of the most
common issues among teenagers are getting their emotional needs barely fulfilled.

This may very well happen because their parents' attention or time are occupied by
something else. That "something else" might be work, health problem or another child, as
in the teen's siblings. It can also be caused by neglectful parents, which is self-explanatory.

Moving to our main topic, we will be discussing about the effects of lack of
attention or affection from parents. To start with, teenagers would lack social skills
because of the lack of communication among family members. This can cause them to
become distant and distrustful of each other’s, and eventually isolating the teen.

Next, most teenagers would gain immense stress and develop mental illness such
as depression or anxiety. This stems from the feeling of loneliness, having no one to rely
on and feeling like they do not worth the attention because the one that should be
teaching them self-worth, which is their parents, was too busy for them.

Other than that, the teenagers would sooner or later begin to rebel to gain
attention from their parents. They may had tried as hard as they could to catch their
parents’ attention by achievements and achievements but unfortunately, nothing
changed. So, they will resort to the negative way of gaining attention such as smoking,
skipping school, bullying or anything that could get the parent’s attention.

Lastly, to make up for the lack of affection from the parents, they will start to seek
affection from other people. Most of the time, these teenagers do not know how to set a
boundary and would cross it all the time. Cases like this usually led to the teenagers
having sexual intimacy at an early age.

In conclusion, for the parents, please pay attention to your children and give them
the love and affection they deserve so that they could grow up well. For the children,
please seek help from reliable and trustworthy adults.