#4 The Challenges Of Middle And Late Adolescence Flashcards
Emotional difficulties arise because of incorrect inadequate information concerning sex. Many adolescents feel that questions concerning sex are improper.
Sexual Relationship
The peer culture acts as a transition period before adolescents reach adult status in the community. As they interact with other young people, they develop their social skills and sense of belonging and responsibility.
Peer adjustment
During this period, attitude are formed which remain relatively unchanged throughout life. Ways of thinking are developed which may be benefical or detrimental to the adolescent’s intellectual maturation.
Intellectual Maturation
Many adolescents make little or no preparation for an occupation. They take courses in school which are easy or which are required of them and not those that will be of particular value to them in later life.
Vocational choice
To achieve amotional maturity, adolescents must learn to channel their impluses into constructive endeavors.
Their actions should be socially acceptable responses to the demands of society. They should take responsibility for their own actions without blaming others.
Emotional maturity
One of the indications of a healthy personality is being able to adjust to different personalities
Choose your friends wisely
Youth groups and organization provide venues where you can share and enhance your skills, talents, capabilities, and potentials.
Join youth groups and organizations
Western culture lets adolescents be independent and leave home at age 18.
Filipino family ties keep family members together untill they turn adolescents and adults and, in some cases, untill they marry and have children.
Stay close to home
You are at the stage of exploration and finding your own identity. Part of it is the higher tendency to be more adventurous and experiment on many activities
Engage in healthy and fun activities
While the parents primary responsibility is to provide for your education, your primary responsibility is to take your studies seriously. That includes listening to your teachers, and doing the tasks and responsibilities required by your teachers and the school.
Focus on school and studies
You may feel that you have achieved so many things in your adolescent life all by yourself, however, there may come times of loss and confusion when you just cannot find answers to some questions you are asking, questions not even your friends or parents can answer.
Never forget to indicate God in your life
This reflects lightness of heart and disposition, A person having this characteristics attracts more people due to positive energy radiated by the person. Strive to be a person with lightness of heart as an adolescent.
Be light
Loving others start with the self. Loving yourself is being grateful to God and your parents for giving you life. It is believing in yourself and your potential. It is letting others love you back.
Love yourself
This refers to showing love to others regardless of how others deal with you. “A kind person is hard not to love”.
Show kindness to everyone
This refers to “not taking yourself too seriously”. There may be times and moments of mistakes and imperfections. Try to learn to laugh, take things lightly, pick yourself up and learn from experience.
Laugh at yourself
