INMost of us are very happy that this time has passed. Because here we can’t think like a normal person (sic!). Because there’s not much that can be done here. An adult mind can’t even imagine that it can think like this young man, with a soft, light mustache, who fights for his people in our house. Or like this young woman with dreamy eyes, with her thoughts wandering somewhere, very far from us, even though she’s sitting next to us.
This chaos, this noise, this slamming of doors, the stubborn silence, these sudden, completely unexpected shouts: “I hate you!”, “You don’t understand me at all!”… Well, I don’t understand. I don’t remember what was going on in my head at that time. Biology probably had the wrong idea of letting us forget. Maybe memory would help us understand these close, dear, and important young people who fight with us for what they want. But would a grown-up teenager get along with an immature teenager?
Close your eyes, concentrate as hard as you can (because you care), and try. Search your memory, wandering in the dark, wading through snowdrifts. Maybe you will see that anger at a world that doesn’t understand, ignores, leaves you alone. Those dreams, their fragility, and the fear that they will crumble before they become reality. Helplessness and anger because it is too soon and too late. Maybe you will hear those words building up, growing, screaming. Sometimes they join together, more often they split apart. It was the same anger, the same dreams and words, the same helplessness and an equally strong anger. Except it is yours. Maybe now you will feel what it is like to be someone in the middle—in a world you are afraid to understand.
Iwona Zabielska-Stadnik, editor-in-chief
Content:
A topic for conversation
To the coast. About why a teenager thinks this way and how his thinking differs from ours – says child and adolescent psychotherapist Anna Gryczewska
Teenager at the cinema. Author’s selection of films: Kamila Tomkiel-Skowrońska, director of the Młode Horyzonty International Film Festival, education and relationships
A little bit childish, a little bit adult. Which leaves them stuck between childhood and adulthood for a while.
We say one thing and they hear another. Is there a chance to understand and reach an agreement?
Ask him what he thinks. Instead of guessing, it might be better to ask the teenager
Give us space and peace of mind. Teenagers themselves perceive their maturation as a long and difficult process. How not to complicate it even more
When hatred matures. On how to understand a teenager’s hatred and how to react to it – says psychologist and psychotherapist Aleksandra Salwa
(Un)safe on the Internet. What young people can find on the Internet if they go without guidance
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
Are teenagers aliens? Where does the key lie to reading the complex pathways of the young brain and supporting it on its journey to adulthood?
Risk inherent in development. Should we protect young people from the crazy ideas they come up with at this stage of their lives?
He is lying on the couch. If a teenager doesn’t do what we consider useful, does that mean he is lazy?
Girls have a voice. On the power of self-determination and agency – says Agata Kominiak, from the Foundation. Julia Woykowska
Toxins and Endorphins of Young Adults. What Should We Know About Zets?
Adulthood your way. What concerns do teenagers have about their future?
Teenage Teachers: What We Can Learn from Teenagers
Lost childhood. In what world does adulthood begin for teenagers and why they miss offline life
Breaking up? And what should I do with myself then? Psychotherapist Marcin Rzeczkowski explains health and wellness about what a break from everyday life means for teenagers
I want to disappear. Why young people disappear from home and how to prevent them from falling into loneliness
Pages of violence. How people think about violence: the injured party, the aggressor and the witness
No thanks for the hate. On how to realize the harm done to our child and how to help him – says psychologist Marta Wojtas
How to listen to suffering. What are the sources and symptoms of anxiety in adolescence?
Help the lobby. What is peer support?
Let’s go to the gynecologist. No stress. On why taking a teenage daughter to the gynecologist is one of the most important life lessons we can teach our daughter – says gynecologist and endocrinologist Monika Grymowicz, MD
Talk about drugs. About why it is worth doing it – says Bogusław Janiszewski, writer, teacher and author of “Book about drugs”
