Saima Sher Fazal

“O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a fire (hell) whose fuel is men and stones!(Surah At-Tahreem, verse no.6) Adolescence or more commonly known as the teens is that stage in a person’s life where he is in a state between puberty and adulthood. After the first two years in a child’s life, this is the only other stage where a significant growth spurt occurs. This in turn brings about a lot of physical and emotional changes in a child. At such a crucial point in his life, the child needs almost as much attention as he needs during the first two years of his life. The nature of the attention changes though. Unfortunately the problems start when most parents fail to realize this need of their child. The most common mistake most parents make is that they tend to reduce or sometimes completely let go the need to guide the child. According Dr Ron Taffel, a very prominent psychologist: “Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over