PSYCHOLOGY
“THE MAGIC OF ADOLESCENT SUMMER LOVES”
Who among us adults does not remember the heartbeat, the dreamy thought, and the irrepressible desire to be close to those who, in a hot summer, made us lose our minds when we were still teenagers? Love was something light but, at the same time, overwhelming, made of an irrepressible and entirely rational force. Our kids feel it when they meet love in the most carefree period of the year, when school commitments, sports, and other activities leave room for freedom of thought and soul. Adolescence already has a characteristic desire to bite into life beyond all possible consequences, let alone if the heart is beating, the head is in the clouds, and the body begins to do more and more. Requests that do not respond to the sphere of “duty.” All these aspects are very familiar to parents with children in this age group. They know well how difficult it is to manage a teenager and even more so how difficult it can become to control and give return times or limits on the activities children can do when the call of summer, friends, and love is real. Too irresistible.
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I’M ITALIAN - FALL - 2022
