It is very crucial for every parent to know the stage of their child. It is your role as a parent to be in charge of him or her and that’s why they are called children. This will also help you to bond with your child. Pre-teen is the time when your child is nearing transition to the stage when your child becomes stubborn. If you may need help, this is how you can tell your child is approaching adolescence:
Your child will start talking to you indirectly, especially via text messages, WhatsApp or any other channel of communication yet you are in the same house.
If your child starts taking bath by his/her self-be sure she is approaching adolescence. Your child will take a longer bath than you used to clean him or her, this is regarded as bath/shower struggles.
If you call them names like daddy, mummy, sweetheart or baby, they start getting embarrassed. They prefer to be called by their names.
Your child will start hanging out with many of his/her friends, especially watching movies or playing together.
For girls, she will start taking her mum’s makeups in secret. You will realize when some of them are missing in your wardrobe.
When you see your child rejecting those goodbye hugs and kisses, that means he/she is embarrassed because he or she transforming to adolescence! What I mean is there will be very much less physical contact with your child.