Family Studies 12ADOLESCENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Review of Yesterday’s Video

Physical Changes in Adolescence:Emotional Changes:Mental Changes:

What we think of Teenagers.Who said it?

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

The popular image of teenagers:

The Perception Belligerent

Rude

Selfish and Self-absorbed

Dark or dramatic

Smelly

Messy

Unhelpful

Know-it-all

Unreasonable and uncooperative

The reality True or False?

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The Biology of Adolescence

A Prominent Brain Researcher believes teenagers are genetically coded to rebel.

The earliest homo sapiens endured because they were able to adapt. Adaptation is a result of responding differently to differing

circumstances. The adolescent brain is wired to

Challenge the status quo Have a high tolerance for risk Act impulsively

The theory suggests that those tribes willing to migrate when facing diminishing resources or unfavourable conditions were more likely to survive while those who could not adapt died out.

Other theories for why teenagers are so prickly

Hormones rage through their bloodstreams, constantly impacting their physical, mental and emotional state.

The process of pruning affects mental and emotional state.

Teens are developing their own sense of adult self, and are asserting themselves to acquire adult privilege without accepting adult responsibility

Neuroplasticity

The ability of the brain to rewire itself.

When you engage in 45 minutes of focused activity per day, 21 days in a row, you have physically altered the neural pathways in your brain.

What’s wrong with this picture?

ANNIE@MCS.BC.CADUNCAN@MCS.BC.CA

Exercise participation decreased

17% of students aged 12-17 met the daily activity recommendations

More older youth (aged 18 or 19) reached their guidelines

Participation in organized sports, informal sports and dance and aerobics decreased from 2008

Barriers to participation

Most common reasons for not participating in sports or other activities: Being too busy

Could not get there or home

Could not afford to participate

The activity was not available in their community

Worried about being bullied

The most significant challenge facing BC teenagers, as identified by BC teenagers…

Getting enough sleep

12 years old or

younger

13 14 15 16 17 18 years old

0%

30%

60%

49%

35%

26%

20%

15% 14%12%

Slept nine or more hours last night

Mental health and sleep

4 hours or less

5 6 7 8 9 10 hours or more

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50%

100%

52%

62%

71%

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In your learning journal

Record the useful information you gained from attending today.

and /or

Record what you would have done differently during your own adolescence if you knew at 12 years old what you know now.

and/or

Does what you have learned help explain your relationships with adults.

After that, follow up on missed classes this week, or do an art project for the Food Drive.

Next Class

Alcohol and Drug use among Adolescents