Post on 19-May-2015
TEEN AGE
Child hood to Adult hood
• Too much change in too short time• Period of Physical Maturity • Sexually dormant to Sexually
active
Teen Transition Thirteen To Nineteen
Dependence to
independence
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
• Teenagers are romantic people who fall in love every week.
• Do not keep room in order• Do not listen to parents• Take money today, spent it
tomorrow & borrow on day after• The make mistakes but do no
wrong.
Romantic ties
Toilets are wonderful places where
all suppressed Feelings are written on the walls
Special Age
• Special Intensity & Volatility of Feelings
• Need for immediate gratification• Increased Senstivity
Very Special Age
• Unconcerned of the consequences of his action & misunderstands feelings & Behaviour of others
• Lack of self criticism
• Period of Cognitive processes ( Way of thinking & Thought Content)
• Critical , Analytical, Radical• Change in subjects of interest
• Emotional Feelings, Hypothetical thinking & Empathytherefore
• A time for High variable mood swings
• If we seek to understand the adolescent, we must not only observe the emotions, he openly reveals but also try to fathom emotions , he has learned to conceal & deny
Psycho-social Development
Teenage With parents Rebellious
Puberty Changes Concern
Friends / Peers All important
Behaviour Risk taking
Attitudes Highly moralistic
• 45% has problems at home• 35% are using Fairness cream• 46% described them as just O.K.
• 35% dislike hearting friend.
Time for• preparing one to face adult life with
confidence.• acquiring new skills• Attaining mastery over environment• Learning to handle new
responsibilities• Gaining control over ones emotions
& thoughts
Time for• Parents & teachers expect max.
scholastic achievements
• Achievement• Deciding professions
Relationships with others
• Time of expansion of peer relations• Peer Groups provide the teenager
with the arena for much of the learning
Living under pressure
• Social• Parental• Peer• Physical• Media
PEER PRESSURE
• Buy Acceptance in a peer Group• Have enough money for
• right kind of clothes,• right kind of Shoes, the right C.D. e
Stressful Period
There are issues
• Of career• Life partner• Personal freedom
Because
• they get confusing messages• Have conflicts with family & school• Have difficulty in establishing self
identity & self esteem