The awkward age is the period at the teenager during whom it passes to a new stage in the life. He is not a small child, but also the adult personality who is not created yet.
The awkward age begins usually from 11 - 15 years and that lasts up to 18, and till 21 year. At this time at the teenager the outlook, the interests, the vision of life is formed. He wants to feel independent and to show everything that it any more not the child. In this regard there are also conflicts with the world around, with peers, with parents. The main task of adults not to be overzealous with the bans at present, to stock up with patience to support the child during this not easy period of his life.
During awkward age the teenager is more vulnerable. It observes sharp changes of mood. He is more often dissatisfied with the appearance and sharply perceives all remarks sounding in its address. Therefore the thicket needs to communicate with the child, to praise for achievements in different spheres of life, to take great pain to support his self-assessment.
The teenager wants freedom, independence. And when parents begin to limit him in it and to press morally and psychologically, there is a conflict. The child can either become reserved or show a revolt which is followed by aggression. Therefore it is not necessary to limit excessively freedom of the child, everything has to be within limits. Listen to his desires and help it to understand moral standards of adult society better.
Also pubertal period is known not only the conflict with adults, but also with the peers. The race behind leadership, at school, in the company begins. And, of course, does not do without troubles. Not at all leaves to be leaders and those who are morally weaker or their opinions go to a section the others - can become derelicts. That to avoid it, for a start, calm the child and show him that it is not so bad that it differs in something from the schoolmates. The teenager has to accept all changes which happen to him and to understand that he the personality also has the right to the opinion even if it and not such, as at all.
You treat the child as the adult, and he will learn to be the full member of society.