Change we say is inevitable and it is not restricted to everything about humans, we grow from kids into different phases in life before death. These changes don't have to do with the physical body only, it has to do with our minds, our reasoning ability and lots more. Just because of the general we experience as humans, we see new behaviors in kids growing into teenagers and youth.
As far as I am concerned, these are the most difficult phase to handle because the change we experience during these moments might be too much for us to process or adapt to and this phase has led to the end of many lives and the future even as a kid.
As I have said earlier, the change we experience ranges from our physical appearance, behavior, the way we reason, belief, our taste, and interest in things. These things change just because we are growing, the curiosity to explore and break from the limitations we had before the change.
Some humans try to have a fixed way for some reason by not changing despite the changes they experienced and it worked out while it didn't work for some.
Change in children is a thing parents should always be attentive to because children sometimes can't distinguish between which change to embrace and which should be discarded. Sometimes they can't differentiate which would hurt them from what would favor, parents must pay serious attention. Every parent went through the stage even though not all survived or made the right decision but every experience they had and lessons learned is not a waste. It would be a great value through the journey of motherhood/fatherhood because they will serve as guides for the kids as they grow and experience some changes in them.
A woman once told me her teen daughter is not always shy to dress in front of her, at one point she started becoming shy because she started experiencing puberty.
It is okay for the kid to be shy but the parents must be aware to guide the daughter and make her understand what phase of life she was getting into.
If the mother wasn't attentive to the changes she wouldn't have figured out what was going on with the girl.
Due to her shyness, she wouldn't be able to talk to her parents about i,t and seeking opinions from her peers might end up misleading her. Taking the wrongs step at that stage is one of the mistakes that might have a negative impact on the life of the girl, the same thing applies to male children as well.
That why I always urge parents to always make their children feel very safe talking to them. Be their best friend so that they won't hesitate to always come to you when it's necessary.
Children(teen/youth) end up making a decision they end up regretting in life and some can't be reversed. Observing them from time to time is one of the greatest help you can do for your child so that you can always correct them immediately you notice anything strange and it doesn't have to be when everything is damaged beyond or repair.
Most parents are poor at watching out for changes in kids and this makes kids outsmart them in some situations, observing doesn't mean stalking them because kids today always want parents to respect their privacy.
A child who returns home by 6 pm suddenly changed to 9 pm, it important you know what's keeping him/her out late? If it is for bad, you can talk to him /her about it and make such child change.
It doesn't have to end with slaps like Taoma's mom. You can have a conversation, make them see the danger ahead, talk from experience, say stories that might have happened or a fictional one just invoke this fear of what they shouldn't do at that stage of their life.
Observing changes in children are important because lots of bad things can be prevented from happening and it would be a win-win situation for both the parents and kids.
You're 100% on point 👌🏻