Challenges Of Middle And Late Adolescence Flashcards
General Challenges of Midlle and Late Adolescence
Sexual Relationships
Peer Adjustments
Intellectual maturation
Vocational Choice
Emotional difficulties arise because of incorrect or inadequate information concerning sex. Many adolescents feel that questions concerning sex are improper.
Sexual Relationships
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 a sense of belonging and responsibility.
Peer adjustment
During this period, attitudes are formed which remain relatively unchanged throughout life.
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 practical value to them in later life.
Vocational choice
Common problems of filipino adolescents
attitudes and behaviors toward sexuality sexual relationship
academic concerns
peer acceptance
health and nutrition
developing or regaining self esteem
role confusion
material poverty
parents working abroad
career choice
to some extent, depression.
Tips for young people who are in the process of becoming more mature and stable individuals.
Choose your friends wisely
Join youth groups and organization
Stay close to home
Engange in healthy and fun activities
Focus in schools and studies
Never forget to include God in your life
Concepts taken from the writings of Barrie Davenport(2015) on how to become lovable.
Be light
Love yourself
Show kindness to everyone
laugh at yourself
Show affections
Be real
Have integrity
This reflects lightness of heart and disposition. A person having this characteristic attracts more people due to positive energy radiated by the person.
Be light
Loving others starts with the self. Loving yourself is being grateful to God and your parents for giving you life.
Love yourself
This refers to showing love to others regardless of how others deal with you.
Show kindness to everyone
This refers to “not taking yourself too seriously”. There may be times and moments of mistakes and imperfections.
Laugh at yourself
This refers to “not taking yourself too seriously”. There may be times and moments of mistakes and imperfections.
Laugh at yourself
pertains to the loving connection with others through words and touch.
Affection
associated with being true to yourself. In your effort to be lovable, you may put on a façade that may not be helpful in building up confidence and esteem.
Being real
