Adult children ahead of time

Several current studies have shown an increasing trend of kids to abandon their toys before, for different reasons, to want to be Adults; that is, his childhood seems to have shortened and, accordingly, his puberty has also come early. And in this evolutionary and social process, television, advertising, fashion and the media, among many other factors, seem to be influencing to a great extent.

• When the child wants to be an adult, not to play but to like and enter the adult world, we may be facing a problem because it does not mean that they mature earlier.
• Series, fashions, advertising ... have a great influence on children to accelerate this process and who want to shorten their childhood.
• Growing up before their time is not positive for children because they are not prepared to live and act as adults without having fully lived the stage that corresponds to them.

The universal tendency of children to want to play to be older as a way of accessing activities that do not yet correspond to their age is well known. In this way, wanting to dress up as "dad" or "mom" is totally normal and habitual. The problem appears when they do not do it to play, but to like and enter the adult world.

Thus, many children go on to behave like little adults substituting, for example, games for consoles or the computer, and stories for magazines. Other signs of this transformation are girls' desire to put on makeup or heels, as well as conflicts over what clothes they want to wear. Along the same lines, it has also been detected that, already from the infantile and primary stage, they tend to have conversations more typical of adolescence.

However, this does not mean that children mature earlier or assume responsibilities earlier, but rather that societal trends and advertising in the media instill in them values ​​in the way they dress and behave that correspond to older children .

Children who are only children or who have few siblings can accentuate this evolution more quickly because most of their time they tend to interact more with adults, which inevitably affects their way of communicating, their vocabulary, the expressions they use. they already use their behaviors.

Too many influences

In the social sphere, advertising usually takes advantage of how influential children are and proposes them as role models or role models to actors, athletes or adolescent singers. For this reason, children will soon want to dress like them and have any accessories related to them.

Children's series also often have young people as protagonists, whom the children later want to imitate in behavior. Likewise, fashion influences creating designs for children that are authentic copies of youth and adult clothing but in smaller sizes.

Consequences

The consequence of this early evolution is the rapid completion of the infant stage, not ending it properly, which has unhealthy effects on the logical development of the child.

Growing up early is not good for children because they are not prepared to live and act as adults without having fully lived the stage that corresponds to them. One of the requirements to reach adulthood with a minimally consistent foundation is to have been able to go through childhood adequately in order to build the foundations of one's own identity.

Likewise, it has been proven that when entering adulthood earlier, problems such as alcohol and drug use or smoking, many among others, also develop earlier.

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Advice

Some tips for parents to avoid a situation in which children undergo an early transformation into adulthood:

• Respect childhood time as a unique, unrepeatable stage that needs to be completed and attended to.
• Enhance the playful nature of childhood with games appropriate to each age. It is important to try to prolong symbolic play time, creativity and imagination in children rather than giving them early access to electronic devices.
• Treat children as such, respecting their nature and innocence. Given certain requests, it is advisable to convey the idea that "they will have time to be older." For this reason, it is vitally important not to treat them as equals by telling them confidences, dealing with adult issues or making them the protagonists of decisions that do not concern them.
• Do not facilitate activities typical of other evolutionary moments such as late departures.
• Be aware of viewing programs on television, information on the Internet and texts from the magazines they read, and filter their content.
• Promote positive experiences in the family and good communication and complicity with children. This makes it easier for them to feel like members of it and not have a need ahead of time to find groups of friends or leisure or consumer activities as alternatives.
• Do not dress children as small adults, as it is a way of not letting them be children.
• Do not overstimulate children.