In this time of uncertainty, with the fear of war, unprecedented ecological and health fears, tomorrow does not sing for our young people. The risks and doubts are so strong that the present itself seems confiscated from those growing up today. Not being able to enjoy the moment with the lightness and carelessness necessary at […]
The cross. The teen crisis can be more or less noisy. When should you be worried? Nadege Larcher : Adolescence is a period of disturbances. Even without a noisy outburst, there are still mood swings, rolling eyes, “pfff…”, draining of energy, and slumped youngsters on the couch. It’s hard not to realize that you have […]
“I should have revolted a little” Eleanor 40 years old, Paris “I was a very wise teenager. I never rebelled. I have never gone into the wall or even slammed a door. On the contrary, I was very obedient. When I heard my girlfriends threatening their parents to run away, I felt out of place. […]
“My son didn’t really have a teenage crisisis surprised Laurence, fifty. He had a few mood swings, but nothing major. » Elizabeth, mother of three, agrees: “My son’s behavior hasn’t changed either.He just started coming home later when he fell in love. As for my daughter, she didn’t play big at around 12.13 years old, […]
The cross : How are the school courses organized which make it possible to reconcile studies and sports training? Etienne Barraux: There are two types of system, in middle school and high school: school sports sections and sports excellence sections. The former offer three hours of weekly training in addition to sports lessons and are […]
The cross : What does the telephone represent for teenagers? Barbara Fontar: Undoubtedly the symbol of their emancipation with regard to institutions, family and school, the symbol of their entry into adolescence. Or rather, for some, in pre-adolescence. Most of the time, parents give their child a phone when he arrives in sixth grade, but […]
Children love to disguise the world or, as the adults say, to lie. It’s a way of progressively differentiating dream from reality and appropriating the latter. It also happens to teenagers to lie, but for very different reasons. They have acquired the difference between dream and reality, as well as a certain moral sense. They […]
Léa smoked her first joint in the summer of 2020, while on vacation in Brittany with her grandmother. She was then 15 years old. “I had already been offered it at parties and I had always said no. There, I wanted to try, so, with my childhood friend, we went to buy some on the […]
Not long ago, pushing open the door of a tobacconist meant coming across packets of cigarettes lined up on shelves behind the counter, crossed out with an alert: ” Smoking kills “. From now on, there are also colorful and thin cases, Malabar pink or apple green, which display sweet flavors: “iced grape”, “mango”, “lychee”, […]
“I oscillate between the carrot and the stick” Roselyne Febvre, journalist and author of the book The hummingbird’s heartbeatEditions du Rocher “When I found out that my 15 year old son was smoking cannabis, I didn’t really worry. He assured me that it was commonplace in college. The problem is that he began to smoke […]