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Essay on Challenges During Adolescence
Adolescence is the term we use to describe the period between childhood and adulthood. This transitional period is generally considered to last from age 13 to 19 although theories may vary a few years on either side of this range. Adolescence is often a time of psychological turmoil as rapid changes in the body, social environment, and personal identity can be difficult to integrate for the growing young person.
Physical changes include rapid growth, development of secondary sex characteristics and increase in sex hormones. Social changes include increased expectations to behave as an adult, aggressiveness, and peer pressure to conform and fit in.Adolescence is full of challenges for any child.
The change is fast, everywhere, and hard to keep up with: The body changes in response to increasing levels of sex hormones; the thinking process changes as the child is able to think more broadly and in an abstract way; the social life changes as new people and peers come into scope. Yet the child needs to deal with every single one of these changes, all at the same time! With their willingness to help, that's where the parents come in, who have been there, with the life experience, maturity and resources. So, how can parents help? Recognizing the complex and sometimes conflicting needs of an adolescent would be a good point to start.
Adolescents yearn to develop a unique and independent identity, separate from their parents. Yes, they love their parents, but they don't simply want to follow their foot steps. They challenge their parents in any way they can. They disobey their rules; criticize their old fashioned values; they discard their suggestions. Experienced parents know that sometimes they have to be very political approaching their adolescent children, if they are going to get their point across.On the other hand, adolescents give a lot of credit to their peers......
