all children are expected to perform well academically simply because society gives a lot of importance to academic brilliance this spirals into parental pressure where children are pushed to the edge to get higher grades and build a more successful future the whole thing is made into such a big deal that it puts a lot of mental pressure on themread alsohow mobile game addiction is hurting your childmobile game addiction has officially been recognised as a mental health condition by who but the first step to treat any condition is to identify it with the help of experts we try to help you understand if your child is addicted and what you can do about itthe news about a class 9 student who recently died by suicide after jumping off the school building blamed her studies in the suicide note three days ago a up student died by suicide after being denied to sit for exams due to non payment of fees dr sameer malhotra director and head department of mental health and behavioral sciences max super speciality hospital saket adolescence is a vulnerable and sensitive age of development with underlying changes in hormones a phase of transition and developmental changes there is underlying biological stress excessive volume of academic curriculum leaves little time to focus on extracurricular constructive hobbies and recreationrelaxation unhealthy competition academic load and unmet expectations lead to negative pressure and negative perception of studies and self dr rachna k singh hod holistic medicine artemis hospital gurgaon relationship lifestyle stress management expert has consulted adolescent children who feel burgeoned under academic pressure and competition exam stress and fear of failure little time for self peer pressure and lack of support dr sameer feels it is important for parents to spend quality and quantity time with their children to be able to understand them better and help them nurture adaptive coping and life skills learning to take failures as challenges and opportunities towards self improvisation and growth one needs to counter negative thoughts with positive rational onesour educational system sadly is such that everyone is looking for the brightest students and this is defined by their academic grades but without understanding a childs ability and aptitude most parents end up forcing their children to study harder compromising on their real interests parents should match a childs ability and aptitude with rational expectations they should understand the childs strengths and weaknesses and try to work on their strengths help them attempt to overcome the weaknesses to the optimum possible by using an encouraging approachdo not engage in overprovision too many distractionsunhealthy lifestylenegative discussionsunhealthy competitionexcessive mobile useoverload of academic information has led to lesser and lesser time for development of resilience and coping skillsdr rachna shares tips for parents and childrenfor parents 1 talk to your child about their stress make sure your children reach out to you during stress instead of fearing your reactions let them know that it is normal to feel