PERDEV lesson 4

• General challenges of middle and late adolescence include: sexual relationships, peer adjustment, intellectual maturation, vocational choice, and emotional maturity
• Sexual Relationships - emotional difficulties arise because of incorrecr or inadequate information concerning sex.
• Sexual relationship - many adolescents feel that questions concerning sex are improper
• Sexual relationship - strong parental attachment (adolescents will likely look for partners with qualities similar to their parents
• Peer adjustment- the peer culture acts as a transition period before adult status in the community
• Peer adjustment - as they interact, they develop their social skills and sense of belonging and responsibility
• Peer adjustment - inadequacy and indifference
• Intellectual maturation - attitudes are formed which remain relatively unchanged throughout life
• Intellectual maturation - ways of thinking are developed which may be beneficial or detrimental to the adolescent's intellectual maturation
• Vocational choice - many adolescents make little or no preparation for an occupation
• Vocational choice- take courses that are easy and not those that will be practical value
• Emotional maturity - adolescents must learn to channel their impulses into constructive endeavours
• Emotional maturity - actions must be socially acceptable to the demands of the society
• Emotional maturity - take responsibility of own actions
• Managing demands on adolescents include: choosing your friends wisely, join youth groups and organization, stay close to home, engage in healthy and fun activities, focus on school and studies, and never forget to include god in your life
• choose your friends wisely- it is highly necessary to be prudent and vigilant in your engagement with others
• Choose your friends wisely- know hwo you are relating to and decide who to keep as friends
• Choose your friends wisely- always keep your emotions, words, and reactions in check
• Join youth groups and organization - provides venue where you can share and enhance your skills, talents, capabilities and potentials
• Stay close to home - family cohesiveness means that your parents will be able to help you out and assist you with any challenges you may be facing
• Stay close to home - stay home while building yourself up to become more independent
• Engage in healthy and fun activities - you have the tendency to be more adventurous and experiment on many activities
• Engage in healthy and fun activities - activities should be healthy adn enriching
• Focus on school and studies - include listening to your teachers and doing tasks and responsibilities required by your teacher and the school.
• Focus on school and studies - allow your school to contribute to your growth
• Never forget to include god in your life - anchoring yourself to god or a higher being may lead to a fuller and more grounded life as an adolescent
• Never forget to include god in your life - pray and offer concerns to god
• Becoming lovable and capable adolescents includes: be light, love yourself, show kindness to everyone, laugh at yourself , show affection, be real, having intergrity, be surprising, and love unconditionally
• Be light - lightness of heart and disposition
• be light - attracts more people due to the positive energy radiated by the person
• love yourself - loving others start with the self
• love yourself- begin grateful to god and your parents for giving you life
• love yourself- believing in yourself and your potential
• Show kindness to everyone - love to others regardless of how other deal with you
• laugh at yourself - not taking yourself too seriously
• laugh at yourself - try to learn to laugh with your mistakes and imperfections
• laugh at yourself - being vulnerable and real will make others feel more comfortable being with you
• Show affection - loving connection with others through words and touch
• show affection - praises, taking time with someone, pat, hug, and helping hand
• show affection - love begets love