- Stages of Adolescent Development
During this stage of adolescence you begin puberty. You begin to be more self conscious about your body image. You begin to compare your skills and physical appearance to idealized images and wonder if everything is going to be okay. You also begin to be sexually curious and have affection for teen rock stars or famous actors. You will also begin to rather be with your friends than your parents and will start to disagree with them more cause of your changing values. This is a stage of experimentation with relationships, hobbies, interests in occupation, and real world problems
*Middle Adolescence (15 - 17 years)
In this stage most of the changes that puberty brings have occurred. Adolescents now begin to be obsessed with their physical appearance and worry that others are concerned too. They experiment with new clothes and new styles so they can have a healthy body image. Adolescents now start to have concerns for their sexual attractiveness and a concern for relationships with the other sex and some, the same sex. Adolescents as well begin to complain about their parents interfering with their independence and get into the most conflict with them during this stage. Adolescents begin to express themselves more through speech and also have a poor concept of cause and affect and don't realize some bad decisions while making them.
*Late Adolescence (18-21 years)
As puberty is at it's end they begin to be less concerned with their body and they will have greater emotional stability. Their sexual identity has completely developed and they have the capacity for deep and sensual love. Young adults will also begin to listen tho their parents advice more and respect them more. Now they start to care and worry more about their future and begin thinking of careers. And now they can make decisions independently.
When looking through these stages I see that the stage Early Adolescence is so true in our world today. Especially me when I was in that stage. I was super worried about what I looked like and what I could do to change it and be happy with myself. As well as being obsessed with the teen idols back then like Miranda Cosgrove or cool guy actors like Zac Efron who it was easy to look up to cause he got all the babes. The stage I am currently in, middle adolescence basically describes my life right now. I get in fights with my parents because our differing views. I love my parents a lot but I am usually right. As well as caring what people think I look like which is a big problem for me. I can't wait to venture in to late adolescence more and know more about what I want to do and be. And also to hopefully be more confident in myself. Can't wait for that.
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Article review and response:
Adolescence and the Myth of Independence:
In this article it talks about youth's constant crave for independence in life. And how once they get it they search for the love and guidance they had from their parents. They are so ready to leave and move on with life but when they're gone they miss the "we will always be there when you have need" and "we will always protect you from harm" promises that they once had.
"What I wanted, I already had, but I didn’t know it at the time—the freedom of having parents who supported my care and protected me from adult responsibility." Adolescents are ready for responsibility but when it comes they realize they weren't.
This is exactly me. I want to leave and I want independence so so bad but I know when I leave the house I am going to want my parent's guidance and love so much. Next year I'll be out of the house and just thinking about it scares me. Independence is what I've wanted all throughout my life and I get it next year. I don't know what to do and I'm gonna need guidance while I am there for sure. This article applies to basically every senior who is going to live in dorms next year and they don't even know it.
CITATION:
Peckhardt, C. (2012, January 9). Adolescence and the Myth of Independence. Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201201/adolescence-and-the-myth-independence
Procrastination: How Adolescents Encourage Stress
This article talks about how students create more and more stress for themselves as they put off daily activities or homework. The article goes into how procrastination is learned when very young and how parents encourage it by not making their kids do stuff when they should. Responses like "in a minute" or "wait a second" that your parents believe of blow off will not prepare you for the real world. If your parents or guardians never help you to do things on time then you're going to be in for a real surprise when you grow up.
I have procrastinated and I have gotten the major stress I deserved for it. That was basically my whole first two years of high school. I didn't care about things right then or I would just promise to do it later. I have put so much more stress on myself by putting it off more and more. It's not all my parent's fault but when they you used to let me put stuff off it started to become a big thing in my life. It's gotten better over the years but I still have a slight problem with creating stress for myself by procrastinating things until the last minute. Reading this article made me realize how much I grown accustom to waiting until the last minute.
CITATION:
Pickhardt, C. (2009, June 21). Procrastination: How Adolescents Encourage Stress. Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/200906/procrastination-how-adolescents-encourage-stress
Teaching High School Kids How to Drink:
How are your kids going to learn how to drink? Is it going to be with their family as they have a nice dinner or bingeing in town at the local bar. Studies have shown that drinking with the family shows less teen drunkenness than that of when the kids learn to drink outside of the home. And places like the US who have the legal drinking age of 21 basically support bingeing by making the adolescent wait until he or she is 21 to have one drink.
I've never drank personally but I know of some teens who have and they binge every time they do. Maybe if their parents would have taught them how to drink without overdoing it, they could've been safer. I've never actually thought of drinking but I don't know the decisions I'll make when I am older. I hope that if I decide to drink, I can be very safe and responsible. Maybe I'll ask my parents to drink with me for the first time when I am 21?
CITATION:
Peele, S. (2008, October 24). Teaching High School Kids How to Drink. Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/200810/teaching-high-school-kids-how-drink
Why group projects fail:
This article talks about how group projects work out. Being effective collaboratively as a group is a learned thing. You are born as an individual and are used to working on assignments alone. Group projects happen a lot throughout high school so you just have to hope that your partners can do their part and you do yours to the best of your ability. When groups are formed, roles need to be given right away along with instruction so everyone in your group knows what they have to do and when it needs to be done. But there will always be the one partner that won't keep up their end of the bargain. Group projects need to be assigned during high school to benefit the kids. It gives the students the chance to make healthy, beneficial decisions.
I've had my fair share of lazy groups throughout high school. I've had to pick up the extra work load just so we could have a good grade. I've learned a lot throughout all these projects though. Clear roles need to be defined right at the beginning so every knows what they need to do. If I know someone in the group that is lazy, I give them the easiest thing to do so it actually gets done on time. But group projects are actually super empowering I believe. I like to make collaborative decisions with a group. It's nice.
CITATION:
Jackson, R. (2015, March 4). Why Group Projects Fail. Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/school-thought/201503/why-group-projects-fail
Is the Intense Pressure to Succeed Sabotaging our Children?:
This article talks about how the stress of succeeding in academics can be too much for students to handle nowadays. There's various stories of students feeling pressured too much for falling behind in classes or not having all A's that either kill themselves or self harm. And this is just school stress. What's happening at home could make it much worse for the student. Family problems, confused sexuality, and being bullied could just add on to the stress of the student. Stress relievers like music, drawing, or sports need to be found.
This article is so true for almost every student who wants to succeed academically. The constant stress of due dates and doing things to the best of your ability kills. Also with extracurricular activities it gets hard to have time for yourself to just relax or play video games or something of the sort. I listen to music to relieve stress. It helps a lot more me so I think that people just need to find that something that makes them be less stressed.
CITATION:
Bergland, C. (2015, March 10). Is the Intense Pressure to Succeed Sabotaging Our Children? Retrieved March 13, 2015, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201503/is-the-intense-pressure-succeed-sabotaging-our-children