When children are inattentive, unfocused, and unmotivated, parents sometimes wonder whether or not their child is acting that way on purpose. But that’s not usually the case.There are many reasons behind a child’s behavior. Sometimes, their behavioral changes are caused by external or internal stressors whereas some don’t know how to cope with their feelings.Hence, it’s necessary to enlighten parents and point out what's happening with their child and why they’re acting differently in relation to their mental health.When kids get stuck in behaviors, they are stuck.Oftentimes, parents tend to think that their kids are lazy, unmotivated or they’re not listening to everything their parents are saying on purpose. But in reality, there are a lot of reasons why kids act the way they do. In fact, parents get shocked when they find out that their kid isn't acting like this on purpose. They just don't know another way to act. So when kids get stuck in behaviors, they're stuck. There are just so many things that our kids struggle with. It may be from academic pressure or personal problems. That’s why one or two kids in America have a physical or mental health problem. The common issues kids struggle with are learning issues, attention issues, mood issues, anxiety, and depression.How are kids supposed to know what to do when they’re stuck?Kids don’t know how to cope with their feelings so it’s also a big question as to how they’re supposed to know what to do when they get stuck. Undoubtedly, we will be there to guide them along the way but we shouldn’t entirely let them rely on us.When we keep pointing out the things that they’re not doing, they tend to fall back on the same behaviors. The more we do something, the more we get reinforced to do it. It’s just how behaviors are dealt with. To each his or her own and it’s the same for kids. All kids are different. Even kids that are “easy to parent” can sometimes be difficult to handle. Of course, it’s expected that there are going to be times when there are challenges along the way.Kids will face challenges at different times but no kid is really acting the way they are acting on purpose. We also have to understand our kids’ situations and where their behaviors might be coming from.The failure to launch a young adultMost of the time, parents have a hard time launching their kids, particularly stuck kids, as young adults. However, there’s no doubt that your kid doesn’t want to be there forever but they put the blinders on. Kids are terrified of whatever it is that they’re going to face so they have no idea what else to do and family communication gets stuck. It’s a lot easier for adults to just disassociate themselves and just drink booze when they don’t want to deal with whatever’s going on and they don’t want to adopt healthy lifestyles.As parents, it’s expected to feel irritated and worried about our choices, especially in decisions concerning our kids. We’re not sure whether we’re doing the right thing or not for them. We’ve all been in that worry train and that’s perfectly normal. Although, don’t dwell too much on that. At some point, you’ll have to get off that worry train. We want nothing but the best for our kids and for now, the best thing for our kids is to let them get on their feet and discover the real world by themselves. We won’t entirely leave them but we’ll be at the sidelines for them.When our brain is understimulated, we have a hard time focusingBecause kids struggle with dealing with their own feelings and the challenges they face, it’s understandable that they also struggle with regulation of the brain.From our previous episodes, we’ve emphasized that when the brain is understimulated, we're going to have a hard time focusing and we're going...