Teen Age For Methodist

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