THE PROBLEM OF ADOLESCENTS’ INTERACTION WITH ADULTS

Abstract

The article deals with peculiarities of interaction of adolescents with representatives of the older generation – parents, other relatives, teachers. The main source of issues arising in this area is considered to be the lack of understanding by adults of the inner world of adolescents, their values, interests, experiences, underestimation of the high importance of interaction with peers for them. The desire of adolescents to compensate their dissatisfaction by the mode of interaction with adults is usually expressed in a decrease of its value, a desire for substitute activities, aggression or avoidance of communication, demonstrative negative behavior. It is concluded that interaction with adults occupies a decisive place in the integration of various manifestations of human existence in a teenager’s personal self. Miscalculations in the upbringing of a teenager in the future can have an extremely negative impact on the entire subsequent life path of a developing personality.