lesson 5

Question 1

unicef research center benefits

Answer 1

• being a teenager in the renaissance: garzoni, srtisans/artists, maids or brides to be (social roles, gender-based societal expectations, human rights)
• training and development of specific skills (see brain development, pruning, use it or lose it principle, etc)
• did teenagers (as we conceive them nowadays) really “exist” at that time? (adolescence as a cultural construct?)

Question 2

sports benefits

Answer 2

• the need for safety and connection
• the importance of physical exercise (see mental health, socioemotional and physical development) in adolescence
• the importance of peers
• individual sport vs team sport: how do they affect the teens mind and development?

Question 3

youth community centers

Answer 3

• free counseling
  -juvenile delinquency prevention
• illegal drug use information center
• activities for teens
• library
• chill out place
• sexual health

Question 4

benefits of youth community centers

Answer 4

• importance of social support
• parental/adult guidance: supporting, not judging
• communication and trust
• creativity, self-expression, identity development
• taking risks safely

Question 5

street art/ parkour (going against rules) benefits

Answer 5

• creativity: taking risks constructively
• identity development
• empowering youth
• enriching personal and group resources
• rebellion against rules (without rules, no rebellion is possible) as an opportunity