“No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.” ― Stephen Fry, writer.
This is exactly what the school’s should understand when their students are on the threshold of adolescence. Millennium National School had organized a lecture on the topic named, “Adolescence in girls and boys “which was conducted by Dr. Vaishali Deshmukh for 8th & 9th Std students and their parents.
Dr. Deshmukh is a renowned pediatrician from Pune, having an experience of many years into this field. Currently she is in-charge of ‘Nine-to-Nineteen Clinic’- a special clinic for teenagers at the Deenanth Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune.
Dr. Deshmukh pointed out that India will be surging as a young country in the next decade, wherein their energy will be required to be channelized appropriately.
Nowadays, there are lot of distractions in the form of TV, Internet, movies which fuel inapt exposure for their age. She said, “Parents need to understand the fact that the physical and mental changes are imperative and cannot be withheld. They need to be monitored in a subtle way by talking it out freely with their children, rather than giving them a dress-down.”
Dr.Deshmukh addressed the parents saying, “Children must be given independence of thoughts and action but they need to be guided properly at the correct time.”
Dr.Deshmukh has pro-actively co-conducted a workshop on ‘Learning Disabilities in children’ exclusively for our teaching staff also. Not only is she an enthusiastic Millennium parent but also a spirited and dedicated doctor who has contributed greatly to the organization by voluntarily taking up various workshops for the benefit of the school.
