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1. What you feel is important, and critical to admit to it – could be anger, resentment, boredom, frustration, irritation, envy, love, happiness, sadness or even being tired. It is normal to experience a range of emotions (and the ‘negative’ ones are not ‘unacceptable’ but real emotions so there is no judgement when you share what you are feeling) but critical to have a ‘vent-out’ for these. Could be a friend, a teacher, a family friend or your parents, and in some cases your counsellor or therapist. There has to be ‘someone’ to discuss this with preferably someone in a position to be objective and able to assist you as you work out how to deal with it. There has not been a single teenager in this world who does not experience these, so you are not alone, and it is matter of ‘dealing’ with it and moving on that is the next step.

2. Given the age bracket you belong to, everyone ‘older’ believes they are in a position to guide you and there will be plenty of advice. Do not turn your back to it … listen attentively, and absorb. The trick will be not to ‘roll’ your eyes or ignore them because their experience will come in handy for some of the choices you have to make. So do not turn your back on it, ‘utilise’ the strength by listening and also writing it down someplace – on your notepad on the phone, or send yourself an email and park it. It will be useful – that’s a given.

3. Avoid ‘on-line’ strangers on gaming platforms or social media sites to become your ‘confidant’. A stranger on-line whom you do not know, will never ‘understand’ you simply because they do not know you so do not drift down that dangerous path. Statistics about cyber bullying are staggering and you certainly do not want to become one.

4. Identify something that you like to do – could be music, dance, sport, games, cinema- anything that will help you relax and wind down when you are feeling overwhelmed. At the risk of sounding preachy, some physical fitness will help you regulate those negative emotions, and it is time tested. Be a walk, or a run or simply listening to music and exercising for some time is great for fitness, weight-balance and not to mention puts you in a better frame of mind.

5. Inculcate the habit of reading – could be dailies or articles, or interesting stuff on social media that is informative not simply educational. It helps to know what’s happening around you and also upgrade your knowledge outside of the textbooks. It helps when socialising as well, not to mention will do wonders for success in the classrooms as it broadens your mind, allows you to participate with relevant facts.

6. Communicate with your parents. It is critical that they also learn to understand you. By storming out of the room, or breaking down when they dont allow you to do something that you want will not win you any favours. As you transition into the adult world, it is important to have people understand you especially your family, and for that you need to also express and convince them. This is again true when your own beliefs conflict with theirs. It is possible to start with baby steps and introduce them to the way you think and allow them to build their trust about the choices you want to make. As much as you do not tend to believe this, they have only your best interest at heart and want to protect you because they care and in order for them to give you space, you will have to open up to them. If you cannot face them, send them a text … whatever form, but share what you are thinking and what you would like to do. Also ‘your’ parents are not the worst the world, every parent is also battling the same emotions and it helps to have both parties wanting to ‘work it out’.

7. It is easy at this age to be cynical about everything and everybody, and the world appears to be a drudgery and an ordeal for most parts. You cannot wait to become an ‘adult’ and earn some freedom, which is completely understandable. Well, it comes at a price. Live a bit longer as a teenager, it has its perks. Being an adult is no cake walk. Also, ditch that ‘know-it-all-attitude’ for a bit of empathy, patience, open-mindedness and compassion for your family and friends. It earns you more friends for sure and make you a happier person.

8. It is easy to look at someone and say, “wish I was that pretty, or smart, or confident or rich”. There will always be someone who you will admire and want to be like. The reality is that, there is also someone looking at you in the same way. So don’t go down that path of being envious, use it as an inspiration. Admire them but never believe they have it better because you simply do not know their story. Live in your reality not what you see on social media.

9. Find things that can make you laugh. One of the things that teens troubled with this experience of being a teenager have admitted is that humour worked for them. They started feeling better because they had the ability to laugh at themselves and with others about a range of things. ‘Huge’ stress buster and it made their world more ‘liveable’.

10. Your academic work is your responsibility and the fact is that these grades will eventually matter. Your effort will matter and it does count. So if you find yourself slacking and unable to cope – get help. A tutor, a support group, a teacher who can become an advisor, enrolling for study-hacks classes, do what you are comfortable with but get the intervention going for yourself. Because the regrets are painful, and you cannot ‘re-do’ it. If you are the type to get overly anxious, remember prep helps, and some calming exercises. Just a fact of teenage life that the work output remains your responsibility so treat it with a discipline and balance things around it.

Hope some of these can be put into action and truth be told, only when you become an adult will you realise that ‘these are really the best part of growing up years’. So live them up!

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  • Fatema Agarkar

    Fatema Agarkar, Founder and Chairperson , Agarkar Centre of Excellence (ACE) Veteran of 3 educational start-ups , now Founder of the Agarkar Centre of Excellence, Fatema’s passion for teaching-learning and children defines the different roles she has crafted in 20 years – as an edupreneur, educator and mentor. Fatema who is a State and University topper as part of the prestigious Mumbai based Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, holds a degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Birmingham (UK), apart from her B.ED and ECCE degrees amassed when she decided education was her calling. Having kick-started her career in the corporate world and working with premier organizations like Commerzbank, Times of India and Egon Zehnder International, she always had an inner urge to bring about an enhancement in the sphere of education.. As an educationist and life-long learner, she has come a long way to intertwine modern methods of learning, teaching and customizing education as per the student’s intellectual requisites thus eradicating stress that stems from the education system. She has been sedulous in making comprehensive alterations in the education field in India. Being a risk-taker, Fatema has been focusing on the generation of innovative educational modules and her in-depth academic know-how, nothing but truly defines her ceaseless passion. Her name is synonymous with successful education models of the country and she is adjudged as Education World’s top 50 Educators in the year 2020. Adding more feathers to her hat, she has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards for her outstanding contribution to the field of education in the years 2013 and 2015. Fatema has been awarded by Giants Group for her outstanding contribution to the field of education in 2012, the Young Achiever’s Award in the year 2017, Singapore based, Best of Asia’s, ‘Enterprising Educator in the year 2018 and as an entrepreneur ‘Best Edupreneur 2019 and Best Leadership’ by Progressive Academic Excellence India (Maharashtra 2019) and one of the 10th finest inspirational educators in 2019 by TKR, India . Her name is synonymous with successful education models of the country and she is adjudged as Education World’s top 50 Educators in the year 2020. Adding more feathers to her hat With close to 2 decades of experience in education, Fatema is the recipient of several honours including the Indian Achiever’s Award 2021. In July 2023, Fatema was also awarded the ‘Mumbai’s top Women Leader’ award by the CMO Asia National Awards’ (10th edition). Fatema is also a Jury Member for Cambridge School Recognition Awards 2025. Having being associated with leading high school brands like DRS International, Hyderabad, NSS Hill Spring International, Mumbai, The Gera School, Goa, D Y Patil High School, Talegaon (Pune), SVM, Ratnagiri by the Gadre family, The Excellere World School, Gurgaon, JBCN International Schools, Mumbai, Fatema has now close to 40 pre-schools and high schools that she has set up from the grassroot level including a school for special needs’. Fatema is on the Advisory Board of several Trusts including EduTech India, Wockhardft Foundation as well as a jury member, Education World Awards, a platform that recognizes the efforts of educators pan India. Fatema is also the Vice President for Early Childhood Association (ECA) and the Mumbai Territory Head for Association for Primary Education & Research (APER) in India. Fatema has been appointed as the global ambassador of the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club. . Fatema is on the advisory board of the All-India Gaming Federation (AIGF) and currently appointed as the National Council Member for Financial Literacy & Management by WICCI. Given her access to parents and her ability to provide age appropriate strategies to enable them to make more informed choices, Fatema’s passion remains counselling in the hope that effective parenting will enable children to benefit the most. Fatema is also the special advisor of the Child Chapter Association (CCA), a non-governmental organisation registered as a Section 8. company under the Companies Act, 2013 whose mission is to spread awareness and eliminate child abuse, including child sexual abuse. Her role as a special advisor of CCA includes providing advice and guidance for their special outreach programs for Schools and teachers that tap into the child psyche and help them raise their voice against abuse. Fatema also played an instrumental role in the development of the CCA comic books and characters for their global campaign for child abuse awareness and prevention. Currently, Fatema is the Advisor & Mentor to Finland International School, Race Course and on course to start her own school in 2026. As a TedX speaker, and a avid blogger, Fatema is passionate about sharing her knowledge amassed and inspiring stakeholders be it teachers, parents or students. Her vision includes set up up of Soup Kitchens, Foster Homes and a community centre for the elderly under the Agarkar Foundation in time.

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