Parental Perceptions Towards the Impact of Energy Drinks and Psychoactive Substances in Children and Adolescents and the Risk of Worsening of Oral Lichen Planus

Abstract

The perception of parents regarding the new lifestyle of the adolescents are influenced by the range of potentially addictive substances and behaviours to which the teenagers may be exposed, with parents perceiving more threat in the environment than in the past. The distrust of teenagers in the closest people and friends determines a greater anchoring toward the parents. Parent-adolescent discussions are often challenging and require tact and help them develop the social competences needed to make responsible choices without fear of social failure. We aimed to investigate parents' feelings and concerns, as well as their protective attitudes regarding their children's future. The aim of this study was also action of parental awareness thus improving parental perception, and to offer models of dialogue with the adolescents to the parents, and in this way finally it brings reliable solutions and are preventing the needs of the establishment of long-term psychiatric treatments. Parents' greatest fears are cardiac and neurological diseases that can lead to long-term sequelae and affect adolescents' functioning; at the same time, perceived parental failure may lead to blockages that can be difficult to overcome. Preventing major decompensations is essential, and psychoeducation and the parental perseverance are the key to creating a safe environment and maintaining a balance between adolescents’school and emotional lives,preparing them to become a responsible adult who can later build their own family and care for their own children.